On Monday 27 March 2006 17:14, JimD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about '[gentoo-user] chroot': > Is is safe to continue to build in a chroot? The handbook say to boot > into my new gentoo system. However, I would like to continue to build > in the chroot (from another Gentoo 2006.0) until I have X, Fluxbox, > Firefox, Postfix, Apache, Mysql and Courier built. This way I will > have the minimal I need in a system and can take my time to build Gnome > and everyhing else.
The only risk I can think of is trying to load kernel modules built against the kernel source in the chroot into the kernel that was loaded off of the livecd. That's not really a risk anyway; it should just fail cleanly. No well-behaving program should try and escape your chroot, so I'm gonna say it's generally safe. There /could/ be issues if you booted from a livecd that has a different CHOST than you are building the system for, but if you are doing something that crazy, I'd hope you'd tell us in your initial email. -- "If there's one thing we've established over the years, it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the slightest clue what's best for them in terms of package stability." -- Gentoo Developer Ciaran McCreesh
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