Tim Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>> > [re: Mandrake installation]
>> >
>> > I use Mandrake for development.  I don't think funding in this area is
>> > necessary.  All we need is someone who maintains a virgin 9.1 system to
>> > build the RPM (mine tend to drift towards cooker).  It may even be me, as
>> > I'm about to install 9.1 on my laptop (and keep it virgin)as there is no
>> > point in having cooker on that machine).  But hey, if you want to finance
>> > me to do that, who am I to complain.
>
> I've found a really good way to maintain virgin systems for building and 
> testing software is using VMWare (http://www.vmware.com).  I use it 
> extensively for this in my "day job".  You can set up virtual machines with 
> all the popular distributions.
>
Aren't chroots enough for this purpose (building packages)?

Regards, Andy
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