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Tools for assisting with debugging read-only squashfs snaps via overlayfs

Snaps are squashfs images, which by definition are read-only. This can make them difficult to debug, since they cannot be edited. That's where this snap comes in. Run the following command:

 $ /snap/overlay/current/overlay /snap/<name>/<version>

Now the snap can be edited! This is done via overlayfs, and it's temporary. One can undo it by rebooting, or by simply unmounting the overlay:

 $ sudo umount /snap/<name>/<version>

Details for overlay

License
  • GPL-3.0

Last updated
  • 8 June 2017 - latest/stable
  • 17 May 2017 - latest/candidate

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