From: "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>
To: 41189@debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>
Subject: [bug#41189] [PATCH 2/3] gnu: Add fakechroot.
Date: Mon, 11 May 2020 19:11:34 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200511171135.23157-2-ludo@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200511171135.23157-1-ludo@gnu.org>
* gnu/packages/linux.scm (fakechroot): New variable.
---
gnu/packages/linux.scm | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 30 insertions(+)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
index 7cf7521e24..35526b3513 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@@ -6793,6 +6793,36 @@ have to construct the archives directly, without using the archiver.")
(home-page "http://freshmeat.sourceforge.net/projects/fakeroot")
(license license:gpl3+)))
+(define-public fakechroot
+ (package
+ (name "fakechroot")
+ (version "2.20.1")
+ (source (origin
+ (method url-fetch)
+ (uri (string-append
+ "https://github.com/dex4er/fakechroot/releases/download/"
+ version "/fakechroot-" version ".tar.gz"))
+ (sha256
+ (base32
+ "1aijkd0b45wav25v01qhw8zxwa3pl0nnp9fabmmy1nlx7hr09gas"))))
+ (build-system gnu-build-system)
+ (arguments
+ ;; XXX: The tests heavily assume they run on an FHS system so for now
+ ;; skip them.
+ '(#:tests? #f
+ #:configure-flags '("--disable-static")))
+ (synopsis "Emulate @code{chroot} by overriding file system calls")
+ (description
+ "@command{fakechroot} runs a command in an environment were is additional
+possibility to use @code{chroot} command without root privileges. This is
+useful for allowing users to create own chrooted environment with possibility
+to install another packages without need for root privileges.
+
+It works by providing @file{libfakechroot.so}, a shared library meant to be
+set as @code{LD_PRELOAD} to override the C library file system functions.")
+ (home-page "https://github.com/dex4er/fakechroot/")
+ (license license:lgpl2.1+)))
+
(define-public inputattach
(package
(name "inputattach")
--
2.26.2
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-05-11 17:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-05-11 17:05 [bug#41189] [PATCH 0/3] Add Fakechroot engine for 'guix pack -RR' Ludovic Courtès
2020-05-11 17:11 ` [bug#41189] [PATCH 1/3] pack: Wrapper honors 'GUIX_EXECUTION_ENGINE' environment variable Ludovic Courtès
2020-05-11 17:11 ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]
2020-05-11 17:11 ` [bug#41189] [PATCH 3/3] pack: Add relocation via ld.so and fakechroot Ludovic Courtès
2020-05-11 21:18 ` [bug#41189] [PATCH 0/3] Add Fakechroot engine for 'guix pack -RR' Carlos O'Donell
2020-05-12 10:03 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-05-12 12:09 ` Carlos O'Donell
2020-05-12 15:32 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-05-13 12:52 ` [bug#41189] [PATCH v2 0/4] " Ludovic Courtès
2020-05-13 12:52 ` [bug#41189] [PATCH v2 1/4] pack: Wrapper honors 'GUIX_EXECUTION_ENGINE' environment variable Ludovic Courtès
2020-05-13 12:52 ` [bug#41189] [PATCH v2 2/4] pack: Factorize store references in wrapper Ludovic Courtès
2020-05-13 12:52 ` [bug#41189] [PATCH v2 3/4] gnu: Add fakechroot Ludovic Courtès
2020-05-13 12:52 ` [bug#41189] [PATCH v2 4/4] pack: Add relocation via ld.so and fakechroot Ludovic Courtès
2020-05-14 15:24 ` bug#41189: [PATCH v2 0/4] Add Fakechroot engine for 'guix pack -RR' Ludovic Courtès
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