On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 13:12, Myra Nelson <myra.nelson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 12:53, Ionut Biru <ibiru@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On 06/17/2011 08:38 PM, Myra Nelson wrote: >>> >>> I'm attempting to set up a clean chroot to build packages in. I've >>> followed the >>> instructions on the wiki page >>> >>> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/DeveloperWiki:Building_in_a_Clean_Chroot. >>> >>> I've read all the posts on the forum, than man pages, and the mailing >>> lists >>> (I may have missed something) and haven't found any answer to my problem; >>> >>> Steps to recreate: >> >> <wipe everything> >> >> >> quick todo. simple way >> >> sudo extra-x86-64-build or sudo extra-i686-build >> >> does the clean chroots in /var/tmp and it does two things >> 1) if chroot doesn't exists it will create and start compiling >> 2) if chroot exists, clean the chroot and start compilation. >> >> the schemas for chroots are like this: >> /path/to/chroot/root - the clean one >> /path/to/chroot/$usr - the one that is used for compilation and gets clean >> >> now, if you want to modify mirrorlist from chroot take in consideration that >> is taken from system /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist first mirror. >> >> now depending of what you want to modify in makepkg.conf some variables can >> be read and exported inside chroot from ~/.makepkg.conf like MAKEFLAGS, >> PACKAGER. >> >> for pacman.conf you should edit /path/to/chroot/root/etc/pacman.conf >> >> to use makechrootpkg use makechrootpkg -rc /path/to/chroot without specify >> anything else and mkarchroot wants a /path/to/chroot/root as parameter >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Ionuț >> > > I'll give this a try later. Thanks for the suggestion. > > Myra > > -- > Life's fun when your sick and psychotic! > Ionut: Thank you very much. This is much more elegant. I appreciate the assistance. Myra -- Life's fun when your sick and psychotic!
