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[Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us>]

Quoting "Sergey A. Lipnevich" <sergey AT optimaltec.com>:
> Quoting Andrew <afrayedknot AT thefrayedknot.armory.com>:
>
> > In order to do what you want (build inside a chroot) you have to have an
> > entire functioning system, including all the dependencies of the spell
> > you're building, inside the chroot. You cant simply build something that
> > links against libraries without that stuff installed. You cant build
> > subversion if apr isnt installed. So the chroot for installing would
> > have to be pre-generated. Is this an idea worth considering? Definitly.
> > Will it eliminate INSTALL/TRACK_ROOT variables? I disagree, it just
> > changes (some of) the implementation. Will it make for less work for
> > spell maintainers? Depends. (more on this after some background on how
> > things work now)
>
> Actually, this is not what I suggest. What if building is done in the regular
> system (with root in TRACK_ROOT), and only doing install in the chroot (using
> INSTALL_ROOT as root). Karsten made a good point, in order for "make install"
> to succeed, we need at least make, bash, and install working in chroot.

Would that work for case 2? Would setting up a base chroot be worth
removing the already mostly completed TRACK_ROOT/INSTALL_ROOT setup?
You'd also have to be careful with those mount binds as you could be
masking someone's system libs (say if they wanted a chroot under /usr,
or even /opt and have some apps/libs there).

-sandalle

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