Option to use a different lowerdir in overlay mount

[dagmoller]

Use a different lowerdir on overlay mount instead of '/'...

Sample:
Install all slackware packages on alternate root:
installpkg --root $LOWERDIR/ --terse /mnt/cdrom/slackware64/{a,ap,d,e,f,k,kde,l,n,t,tcl,x,xap}/*.t?z

With that the build tree is always clean...

(Sorry my English...)

[dagmoller]

Thanks @idlemoor it's working... but if I specify -vv in slackrepo build command i got this:

env MAKEFLAGS='-j8 -l5' /usr/libexec/slackrepo/unbuffer nice -n 5 bash -x ./libupnp.SlackBuild

---->8-------->8-------->8-------->8-------->8-------->8-------->8-------->8----

env: '/usr/libexec/slackrepo/unbuffer': No such file or directory

Maybe /usr/libexec/slackrepo must be mounted inside chroot?

[idlemoor]

Hah!!

Thanks for a GREAT idea -- but I'm still experimenting with it and fixing bugs!
I was going to answer here when it works :)
Yes, I just found the same problem myself -- the chroot needs to have slackrepo installed in it, and also possibly fakeroot, and also possibly /etc/sudoers.d/slackrepo needs to be edited :)

I'll update you when I've finished fixing the bugs :)

Thanks again :)

[idlemoor]

Just a quick progress report: this is actually more difficult that I thought, because the chroot might be a different version of Slackware. It will take me a few more days to finish it :(

[dagmoller]

apparently slackrepo is not creating users and groups inside chroot if these users/groups already exists outside chroot...