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Won't a chrooted environment require one to install the entire arch
system in the chroot?

-- Abhishek Dasgupta

On Jan 12, 2008 9:59 PM, Jaroslaw Swierczynski <swiergot@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a build environment in a virtual machine. A chroot would do as well.
>
> --
> Jaroslaw Swierczynski <swiergot@gmail.com>
> www.archlinux.org | www.juvepoland.com
>
>

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2008/1/12, Abhishek Dasgupta <abhidg@gmail.com>:
> Won't a chrooted environment require one to install the entire arch
> system in the chroot?

That's right.

--
Jaroslaw Swierczynski <swiergot@gmail.com>
www.archlinux.org | www.juvepoland.com

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2008/1/12, Abhishek Dasgupta <abhidg@gmail.com>:
> Won't a chrooted environment require one to install the entire arch
> system in the chroot?

Yes.
You can make your life easier with mkarchroot and makechrootpkg
scripts from devtools.
Use git version from here
http://projects.archlinux.org/git/?p=devtools.git;a=tree
because the latest released version doesn't work.

P.S.: do not top-post, please. ;-)

--
Roman Kyrylych (Ð*оман Кирилич)

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On Jan 12, 2008 10:09 PM, Roman Kyrylych <roman.kyrylych@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2008/1/12, Abhishek Dasgupta <abhidg@gmail.com>:
> > Won't a chrooted environment require one to install the entire arch
> > system in the chroot?
>
> Yes.
> You can make your life easier with mkarchroot and makechrootpkg
> scripts from devtools.
> Use git version from here
> http://projects.archlinux.org/git/?p=devtools.git;a=tree
> because the latest released version doesn't work.
>
> P.S.: do not top-post, please. ;-)
>
> --
> Roman Kyrylych (Ð*оман Кирилич)
>

Thank you, Roman!
I did not even know what top-posting was, just checked it out in Wikipedia :-)

-- Abhishek Dasgupta