[Nix-dev] chroot builds on other Linux platforms

[Sander van der Burg - EWI]

AWESOME!! I'm gonna try it out right away! Well... maybe tomorrow :P
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From: nix-dev-bounces at lists.science.uu.nl [nix-dev-bounces at lists.science.uu.nl] on behalf of Eelco Dolstra [eelco.dolstra at logicblox.com]
Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2012 11:09 PM
To: Nix-dev
Subject: Re: [Nix-dev] chroot builds on other Linux platforms

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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Eelco Dolstra | LogicBlox, Inc. | http://nixos.org/~eelco/
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