[Nix-dev] chroot builds on other Linux platforms

[Eelco Dolstra]

Hi,

On 28/12/12 18:58, Eelco Dolstra wrote:

> On 28/12/12 18:41, Sander van der Burg - EWI wrote:
> 
>> A possible solution is to bind mount a different directory from my host system
>> (only containing the shell) into the the chroot environment.
> 
> It would have to be a statically linked shell, otherwise you'll need /lib as well.
> 
>> Is there an option to achieve this, or must Nix be extended to do this?
> 
> It's not currently possible, see https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/24.

FWIW, I've implemented this now.

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