Re: dchroot with sid
On Fri, 2006-06-30 at 13:38 -0500, Owen Heisler wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-06-30 at 19:16 +0100, Dave Ewart wrote:
> > On Friday, 30.06.2006 at 12:39 -0500, Owen Heisler wrote:
> > > I have a 32-bit sid chroot installed at /var/chroot/unstable-ia32 on my
> > > amd64 Sarge system.
> > >
> > > But I get this error with any command:
> > >
> > > # dchroot -d -c unstable ls
> > > (unstable) ls
> > > /bin/ls: /bin/ls: cannot execute binary file
> > > dchroot: Child exited non-zero.
> > > dchroot: Operation failed.
> > >
> > > I used the amd64 howto to do this, and started with a sarge
> > > installation, then upgraded to etch, then sid. At etch, I started
> > > getting this error.
> > >
> > > I have copied /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, and /etc/group into the chroot.
> > >
> > > I have modified /etc/fstab (on the "host" 64-bit) to
> > > include /var/chroot/unstable-ia32/home, tmp, and proc.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions?
> >
> > Looks like you've hit
> > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=360604
> >
> > Read the report for some tips. As a further note, you've probably find
> > that you *will* be able to run *scripts*, if not executables, so you can
> > write a small wrapper round your executables as a temporary workaround.
>
> Okay, here is something from that page:
> ___
> As a workarround, you can set the SU_NO_SHELL_ARGS environment variable
> before calling dchroot, or execute
> dchroot -- -c "command"
> instead of
> dchroot -- command
> ___
>
> How do I set the SU_NO_SHELL_ARGS env var? "set SU_NO_SHELL_ARGS=1" doesn't help.
> And I already am using the -c option for dchroot to specify the unstable chroot.
>
> And you say write a script, so I put the following in ~/go
> ___
> #!/bin/bash
> dchroot -d -c unstable ls
> ___
> but I get the same error when I run "./go".
>
> Thanks for your help!
I got it fixed by downgrading the login package in the chroot. I never
would have guessed it had I not read the bug report!
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