Re: idea for project machines
Laszlo Boszormenyi <gcs@lsc.hu> writes:
> On Sat, 2006-03-25 at 15:01 -0500, Steve M. Robbins wrote:
>> [...] apt-get your sources, chroot into sid, and discover that
>> one of the build-dependencies is missing. There's no way to debug the
>> build problem: by the time you find the right address to email about
>> adding the build-dependency, your time window is up and the issue is
>> forgotten for another week or month.
>>
>> Wouldn't it be nice if you could simply "sudo apt-get install ...."
>> yourself? Is it feasible to have at least some of the sid chroots
>> allow this? Alternatively, how about "sudo pbuilder login ..."?
> I was in this situation some time already. But it isn't a solution to
> get sudo apt-get install rights. Someone who may have a build-conflict
> with your build-depends won't be happy if you install that package(s).
> Also your build-depends may conflict with others build-depends and those
> would be removed. Again a someone is not happy situation.
>
> Regards,
> Laszlo/GCS
Create a new custom chroot with the packages preinstalled on demand.
Let the command have an option for how long the chroot should remain
after logout and after that time remove it. That way there shouldn't
be too many chroots at any one time.
MfG
Goswin
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