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Re: help: packaging in its own unstable partition without reboot, possible?



On Mon, 03 May 1999, Rui Zhu wrote:
>Hi, all,
>
>I've prepared one new partition solely for packaging new debs later,
>because I must keep a stable one (now slink) for daily work.  Is it
>possible to make packages without reboot to this unstable
>distribution?  I've thought to use chroot, but some programs choked,
>for example, those which use /proc.  Are there still other gotchas
>I've not thought about? 

The solution is simple.  Just mount /proc in the chroot environment and
everything will be fine.  It has been working well for me!


Russell Coker


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