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On Friday 02 May 2008, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> On Friday 02 May 2008, Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> > Before I waste a lot of time I just noticed that I'm using a |
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> > 2007.0 install CD but downloading and setting up a 2008.0 beta2 |
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> > system. Is there any problem building the 2008.0 system files |
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> > using whatever I get when I chroot into the new installation? |
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> > At this moment I'm doing the tar xjf portage-latest step and |
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> > noticed the inconsistency. Apparently all the 2007.0 snapshots, |
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> > etc., are now gone from the servers. |
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> There shouldn't be a problem. Aside from the fact that a LiveCD is |
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> quite a complex thing, as far as installation goes it's sole |
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> purpose is to provide an environment where you can unpack a stage3 |
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> and chroot into it. |
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> When you have chrooted, you are essentially in a self-contained |
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> environment and all that is left of the original environment is the |
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> kernel it provides. |
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Well, plus all running services/daemons unless you take them down |
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after chrooting and bring them up again within the chroot. |
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This can be a life saver. I have my portage tree on box A while box B |
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NFS mounts it. At one stage, NFS versions of A and B got so out of |
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sync, B couldn't NFS mount /usr/portage any more. A LiveCD with an |
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NFS version matching (well, at least fitting) the one on box A was my |
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path to salvation. ;-) |
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> The build system is provided entirely by the |
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> chroot and nothing in user space can come from or be influenced by |
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> what's outside it (this is the entire point of chroot). |
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This, of course, is absolutely true. |
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Uwe |
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Ignorance killed the cat, sir, curiosity was framed! |
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