On Mon, 2007-08-06 at 21:14 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Jeremy Katz <katzj@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > On Mon, 2007-08-06 at 19:32 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > >> Can you show an example where that actually helps? I can think of a > >> number of cases where it'd be a bad idea, and none where it really > >> solves a problem. > > > The case where your chroot is fully formed, but the system outside is > > something entirely different. The installer environment being one good > > example where this has bitten in the past :-) > > OK, but if the system outside is incompatible then it will fail to > execute code that belongs inside the chroot anyway, no? Not necessarily. The installer has the same kernel, libraries... just not always where you think they are (or, in some cases, a minimal set) Jeremy -- Fedora-maintainers mailing list Fedora-maintainers@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-maintainers -- Fedora-maintainers-readonly mailing list Fedora-maintainers-readonly@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-maintainers-readonly
