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[bug#30572] [PATCH 4/7] docker: Allow the use of a custom temporary dire
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Ludovic Courtès |
Subject: |
[bug#30572] [PATCH 4/7] docker: Allow the use of a custom temporary directory. |
Date: |
Wed, 07 Mar 2018 16:24:30 +0100 |
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Hello,
Chris Marusich <address@hidden> skribis:
> Another option here would be to build the Docker image without using a
> VM in the first place. Perhaps we can use namespaces, but I haven't
> tried that yet, since the VM approach worked. I tried without a VM
> first, and I quickly found that I couldn't do many things in a normal
> derivation that I needed to do in order to build the image (e.g., create
> device files). I don't know if I can do all those necessary things
> without using a VM.
We need a VM so that we can be root and create and mount file systems,
right?
That’s a good reason to use a VM. :-)
What about making /tmp in the VM a 9p mount of /tmp outside the VM?
That way this would be transparent, and no need to fiddle with the VM
disk sizes.
WDYT?
Thanks,
Ludo’.