[arch-general] namcap.log in clean chroot

[Aaron Griffin]

On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 8:07 PM, Allan McRae<allan at archlinux.org> wrote:
> Baho Utot wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, 2009-06-12 at 10:27 +1000, Allan McRae wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Baho Utot wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I have install namcap to my clean chroot and it gives me this error:
>>>>
>>>> Error: Problem reading *.pkg.tar.gz
>>>> usage: /usr/bin/namcap [-r rulelist | --rules=rulelist] [-i | --info]
>>>> package ..
>>>>       -r list    : returns list of available rules
>>>>       -i         : prints information responses from rules
>>>>
>>>> Is there anything extra I need to do to get namcap working in clean
>>>> chroot?
>>>>
>>>
>>> It is running but not finding any packages in the directory it is looking
>>> at...
>>>
>>> Allan
>>>
>>
>> Why not? I am using the arch devtools scripts and it is called from
>> there.  I am not calling it I think the makechrootpkg is calling it but
>> I don't know for sure as I have not looked at the script
>>
>> The namcap.log file is in /home/Chroot/rw/pkgdest sub directory.
>>
>> I am using sudo makechroot -c -r /home/Chroot -u -- --noconfirm to run
>> the clean chroot build.
>>
>> Should it not find the package?
>>
>
> Well, you seem to be using the unreleased devtools from git so it could be
> broken.  I do not like having namcap (and hence python) in a "clean" chroot
> so have never tested.

It was added there for the sole reason of dep tracking. Outside the
chroot the depends and makedepends may be broken or confused because
different packages may be installed