[arch-general] unionfs

[Allan McRae]

Baho Utot wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-06-15 at 10:46 +1000, Allan McRae wrote:
>   
>> Baho Utot wrote:
>>     
>>> I have setup a new computer with a clean install with
>>> kernel26-2.6.29.4-1 does this kernel support unionfs?
>>> This is the second system I have had trouble with.
>>>
>>> Devtools always complains like this
>>>
>>> building union chroot
>>> ERROR: No unionfs available. Abandon ship!
>>> FAILURE: vsftpd-2.1.0-2-i686.pkg.tar.gz
>>>
>>> I am using devtools 0.6.4-1 the latest I think
>>>
>>> When I use devtools with kernel26 2.6.27.10-1 on an older system
>>> devtools works
>>>
>>> Anyone got a clue what is wrong?
>>>   
>>>       
>> The same as previously...   recent kernels do no support unionfs so you 
>> need a git version of makechrootpkg with fixes it to use unionfs.
>>
>> Allan
>>
>>
>>
>>     
>
> Can you tell Aaron I found an error with his latest git version of
> devtools the makechrootpkg 
>
> devtools-360fcd2f0ecaba3c8bb0e56e7fc6014dacfb3ec7
>
> line 227 on the version I just fetched 
> near the bottom of the script (makechrootpkg)
>
> is
>     pkgfile=${chrootdir}/union/pkgdest/${pkgname}-${pkgver}-${pkgrel}-*
> ${PKGEXT}
>
> should be 
>
>     pkgfile=${chrootdir}/rw/pkgdest/${pkgname}-${pkgver}-${pkgrel}-*
> ${PKGEXT}
>
> It fails to copy the completed/built package from the chroot to the
> directory where you have the PKGBUILD file
>   

I have no problems, and if you think about it, the union dir is a union 
between the root and rw directories so this is the same thing...

Allan