Hi all, I came across febootstrap[1] but it doesn't look like it has been updated[2] for some time. What is the currently recommended method for creating a chroot, is it mock or are there alternatives? Here is the problem I'm trying to solve: on the Talos II (ppc64) host, most things run well enough using packages from Fedora 32 or Debian stable. Sometimes it is necessary to run something from rawhide or Debian sid in a chroot. As an example, I was able to run the latest version of Thunderbird in a chroot. I'm sure other people will have things like this too. In the ideal case, I would like to mix-and-match across distributions too, for example: - create a Debian sid chroot with debootstrap and use it from Fedora 32 - create a Fedora 33 or rawhide chroot (with mock?) and use it from Debian I create the chroots as Btrfs subvolumes, this gives the opportunity to create snapshots too. After testing this a bit, I'd like to document it some more for other people on the platform too. I noticed some people losing time trying to compile things when they could potentially use upcoming versions of the packages. Any feedback would be very welcome. Regards, Daniel 1. https://rwmj.wordpress.com/2009/03/19/febootstrap-fedora-equivalent-of-debootstrap/ 2. https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/febootstrap _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
