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Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 20:06:06 +0200
From: Jilles Tjoelker <jilles@stack.nl>
To: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com>
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Subject: Re: /dev/null & zero inside chroot for make release
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On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 07:44:58PM +0200, Julian H. Stacey wrote:
> Problem with /dev/null & /dev/zero inside a chroot:
> I wanted to build a release from inside a chroot

> What sort of null & zero should be in chroot ?
> man mknod ... deprecated ...
> Should I be running a devfs (I'm not currently)
> Or a jail ? (I dont really want that level of encapsulation ).

Mount devfs in your chroot. Then use devfs(8) to limit what's visible in
that particular devfs, if you want.

-- 
Jilles Tjoelker