[arch-general] How to build package in "clean chroot" using the "-U" parameter?

[Giancarlo Razzolini]

Em dezembro 22, 2017 10:31 Manuel Reimer escreveu:
> 
> Question is: What is the intended goal. I guess it is not what I want to do?
>

Well, so far you said you want to autobuild some packages and that it MUST run
as root, with no good reason why.

> My autobuild process runs as root. It also directly updates the chroot 
> which also needs root permissions so it's the best to start with "root" 
> and then drop privileges for the tasks that shouldn't run with root 
> privileges. The whole system is a dedicated build VM, so there is no 
> reason to not use "root" for the main purpose of this machine.
>

There's no reason to change the way the software gets built either. It seems
to me you're trying to avoid some extra work by running everything as root.

> 
> That seems to be the one that works for me.
> 

If you share more of what you're trying to do, and your goals, perhaps we can
help more. So far it seems like a mild XY problem.

Regards,
Giancarlo Razzolini
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