[arch-general] unionfs

[Baho Utot]

On Mon, 2009-06-15 at 11:28 +1000, Allan McRae wrote:
> 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
> 
> 
> 

Then why doesn't it work?

The package is left in rw/pkgdest
after I change it the package is moved to the dir the PKGBUILD is in.