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author | Eelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl> | 2007-10-27T00·46+0000 |
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committer | Eelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl> | 2007-10-27T00·46+0000 |
commit | 9397cd30c8a6ffd65fc3b85985ea59ecfb72672b (patch) | |
tree | a3382c4031b84e518e6d8a133a98cdc84ba8e3d1 /configure.ac | |
parent | 0b4ed64d295316146fc4de8a5a2e971b771058b8 (diff) |
* Support for doing builds in a chroot under Linux. The builder is
executed in a chroot that contains just the Nix store, the temporary build directory, and a configurable set of additional directories (/dev and /proc by default). This allows a bit more purity enforcement: hidden build-time dependencies on directories such as /usr or /nix/var/nix/profiles are no longer possible. As an added benefit, accidental network downloads (cf. NIXPKGS-52) are prevented as well (because files such as /etc/resolv.conf are not available in the chroot). However the usefulness of chroots is diminished by the fact that many builders depend on /bin/sh, so you need /bin in the list of additional directories. (And then on non-NixOS you need /lib as well...)
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