From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.12] helo=sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1Colxe-00054f-LV for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 09:07:10 -0800 Received: from smtp004.mail.ukl.yahoo.com ([217.12.11.35]) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with smtp (Exim 4.41) id 1Colxa-00049U-O8 for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 09:07:10 -0800 From: Blaisorblade Subject: Re: [uml-devel] How stable is hostfs (and UML in general)? References: <200501082106.38306.rob@landley.net> <200501120023.05580.blaisorblade@yahoo.it> <23435.1105548900@marajade.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca> In-Reply-To: <23435.1105548900@marajade.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200501121809.13623.blaisorblade@yahoo.it> Sender: user-mode-linux-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: user-mode-linux-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: The user-mode Linux development list List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 18:09:13 +0100 To: user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: Michael Richardson , Rob Landley On Wednesday 12 January 2005 17:55, Michael Richardson wrote: > >>>>> "Blaisorblade" == Blaisorblade writes: > > Rob> Chapter 5 of current variants of LFS uses the host system to > Rob> create a toolchain you can chroot into and build the final > Rob> system with. Then in chapter 6, you build the final system in > >> I think the use of chroot is a cop-out. > Rob> This requires root access (as does creating device nodes, > Rob> mounting /proc or loopback devices... A rather large number of > >> I use "fakeroot" to do all of that for embedded work that I do... > Blaisorblade> What's this? > A tool which LD_PRELOAD's a library that intercepts all calls that > require root, and "emulates" them. > I.e. if a program does "chown(2)", it just remembers that this > occured, and when a stat() is made, it returns the "right" answer. > (so tar/mkjffs, etc. get the right answer) Ah, ok... this means it cannot work onto UML, actually (unless you dinamically link it - which is not the common case...). > Used in debian a lot. > http://packages.debian.org/testing/utils/fakeroot > Blaisorblade> Yes, that's because it turns the console to raw mode > (don't ask me why). > Because, you'd like to have ^C get passed to the program being run > under the UML :-) Ah, well, yes, but that happens when you use /dev/tty0 as console inside UML (and I don't do it). -- Paolo Giarrusso, aka Blaisorblade Linux registered user n. 292729 http://www.user-mode-linux.org/~blaisorblade ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almost....http://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-devel mailing list User-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-devel