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Date:      Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:38:51 -0700
From:      Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
To:        Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org,  freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Transferring ports
Message-ID:  <47E2A12B.2010207@elischer.org>
In-Reply-To: <20080320152314.GA1586@straylight.m.ringlet.net>
References:  <frb0ku$a2n$1@ger.gmane.org>	<20080313210242.GA55395@hades.panopticon> <20080320152314.GA1586@straylight.m.ringlet.net>

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Peter Pentchev wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 12:02:42AM +0300, Dmitry Marakasov wrote:

>>
>> The purpose is similar - creating jails out of host system in fast
>> and easy way, possibility to strip everything unneeded (useful for
>> secure minimal jails or flash/livecd/embedded installations of
>> minimal size) and add something extra, like stuff from /usr/local
>> without installing full packages in a jail, or, say, copying over
>> additional tree of jail-specific changes (mostly stuff under /etc
>> and /usr/local/etc).
>>
>> Such an utility is something I still might start working on.

I don't use the host system..
I keep a special pristine jail just for that purpose (to act as
a source for other jails). sometimes I also use null=mounts, and 
sometimes if the jails are on one big partition, I hardlink some 
stuff.. e.g binaries in /bin etc betweem teh jails.. saves memory and 
disk.. Of course that is only when I basically trust the jail user
(me).




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