>>> 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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