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diff --git a/development/mkchroot/README b/development/mkchroot/README index 33f5e9ce51..ce08a42ca7 100644 --- a/development/mkchroot/README +++ b/development/mkchroot/README @@ -1,12 +1,15 @@ mkchroot (create chroot-able directory tree) mkchroot creates a chroot-able directory tree using hard links where -possible. The mkchroot package consists of 3 utilities: mkchroot, -addchroot and findslack. mkchroot creates a minimal initial tree -and addchroot incorporates Slackware packages into that tree. -findslack is a utility used by the others to discover a Slackware -install directory. (The package is usable without an install directory -but has less functionality because it can't then run install scripts). -(Before running the install script, addchroot uses the FILE LIST -portion of the package file in /var/log/packages to install a -package's directories and files). +possible. The mkchroot package consists of 2 utilities: mkchroot and +addchroot. mkchroot creates a minimal initial tree. addchroot +then incorporates (installed) Slackware packages into that tree. + +HOW IT WORKS: addchroot uses the FILE LIST portion of the package file +in /var/log/packages to install a package's directories and files. +To complete the process, addchroot chroots the install script from +/var/log/scripts. + +addchroot knows about some "special" packages for which it does not +run the normal install script, e.g. bash and glibc. If you find a new +"special" package, please tell the author. |