[Libguestfs] fedoostrap or deboostrap requirement

Piavlo piavka at cs.bgu.ac.il
Wed Jul 29 16:29:16 UTC 2009


Guido Günther wrote:
> Hi Aron,
> On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 09:39:50AM -0400, Aron Griffis wrote:
> [..snip..] 
>   
>> Does Guido's patch still "solve" the problem if it's written:
>>
>> -       smallyes '' | in_target dpkg --force-depends --install $(debfor "$@")
>> +       smallyes '' | chroot $TARGET dpkg --force-depends --install $(debfor "$@")
>>
>> or alternatively, does this work as well as Guido's patch:
>>
>> -       smallyes '' | in_target dpkg --force-depends --install $(debfor "$@")
>> +       in_target dpkg --force-depends --install $(debfor "$@")
>>
>>     
> These are good things to track down the problem, thanks! (I still wonder
> why it works on Debian though). Just for completeness: the patch was
> done by Piavlo. He's seeing the problem and (AFAIK) is the only one
> that can reproduct it.
>   
AFAICT i'm the only one who's trying to install libguestfs on gentoo :)
And not all debian related software is well tested and does not work out
of the box like on native debian system - also I had to create and
install several missing
ebuild packages in gentoo. 

>  -- Guido
>   




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