On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 7:19 AM, Xyne <[email protected]> wrote:
> Nathan O wrote: > > I tried the Arch32-light package Xyne made, but I may have done something > > wrong, so I uninstalled it. Then I found out that, don't know how, my > root > > password wasn't correct, had to readd gnome-session to > .xinitrc and > > resetup pidgin(including pidgin plugin tha twas installed) and > Thunderbird. > > It is like I just installed all those apps and had to set them up it is > > really weird. > > > > I am afraid of tempting that again :) So I thought maybe use mkarchroot > -r > > /aur/root and setup the pacman.conf to use i686 and such. What do you > think, > > will this method work good? > > I just want to interject that the only way arch32-light would affect > anything > in your home directory is if you chose to mount it in the chroot and then > ran > something else in the chroot that alters files in $HOME. By default the > chroot > does not even mount /home and I have added several checks to the daemon and > other scripts to prevent accidental wiping of data on mounted drives. > > Also note that it is possible to mount e.g. $HOME/home32 on the host as > $HOME > in the chroot. > > > > > > Btw, if anyone is interested, arch32-light no longer abuses the > post_install > function to set up the chroot... it now includes a script named > "arch32initialize" ;) > > > Regards, > Xyne > Don't get me wrong, I wasn't accusing you or your package of anything. Not sure what happened except those problems that came out of no where.
