Re: [PATCH v3 0/7] Migrate to mmdebstrap

[Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>]

On 20.09.23 09:30, Uladzimir Bely wrote:
> On Wed, 2023-09-20 at 10:24 +0300, Uladzimir Bely wrote:
>> On Tue, 2023-09-19 at 09:14 +0000, Schaffner, Tobias wrote:
>>> Hi Uladzimir,
>>>
>>> some of the patches of this story needed a rebase. Find them
>>> attached.
>>>
>>> On 20.06.23 12:00, Uladzimir Bely wrote:
>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>> Is this now settled? Asking as I'm planning to release kas 4.0
>>>>> with
>>>>> the
>>>>> dependencies in patch 7 resolved these days, and I'd like to
>>>>> see
>>>>> this
>>>>> targeting the final version of this feature.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jan
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> We are currently upgrading our interlnal CI and need to run more
>>>> jobs
>>>> before merging it.
>>>>
>>>> But anyway, if mmdebstrap (and other packages mentioned in patch
>>>> 3)
>>>> is
>>>> preinstalled in kas 4.0 image, it would be nice.
>>>
>>> The dependencies needed are already included in KAS 4.0.
>>>
>>> Is there something else missing to finish this?
>>>
>>
>> Actually, there are some more things that could be included in KAS.
>>
>> The patch uses "--mode=unshare" for mmdebstrap. It's currently runs
>> under sudo, but also can be run under user. But this requires
>> "newuidmap" utility provided by "uidmap" packages.
>>
>> Also, we have "fakeroot" preinstalled, but not "fakechroot".
>> Currently
>> it's not used, but potentially could be used in order to reduce
>> "sudo"
>> calls number.
>>
>> So, having "uidmap" and "fakechroot" preinstalled with KAS would be
>> nice.
> 
> Also, forget to mention...
> 
> It's not directly related to this patchset, but there is one more
> ("Improving base-apt usage") under development. It requires "python3-
> apt" package preinstalled.
> 
> Currently it's used by some standalone script, but potentially could
> also be used directly from isar bbclasses/recipes, instead of calling
> "apt-get" commands.
> 
> The package is quite small and if nobody against, it would be nice to
> have it also preinstalled with newer KAS>
> 

Well, I asked back then for the exact list of requirements...

Jan

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