[arch-projects] [devtools] [PATCH 1/2] arch-nspawn, mkarchroot: Allow not sharing the cache directories.

[Erich Eckner]

>>> It also allows building packages for different Arch based distros on the
>>> same host more easily.
>>
>> Arch Linux 32 has the same issue and solved it using this much simpler
>> patch:
>> https://github.com/eli-schwartz/devtools/commit/c0681c0ec0a93a4a4eaf9b2fd85ce48a30702a03
>>
>> The solution would then be to add the different cachedirs to the
>> pacman.conf you use, which is anyways going to be different due to being
>> i686-specific.
> 
> But this will still bind a directory from the host into the container right?
> It would require me to create separate cache directories on the host
> and create matching pacman.conf files.
> It would indeed be a simpler patch to devtools, but the whole process is harder.

This is inevitable if you want to have a cache which persist through
cleaning the root/ chroot (the option is -c, IIRC) - which is IMHO a
good thing to have.

> 
> I do think these patches make sense.

Only if you plan to use no (persistent) cache at all.

regards,
Erich

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