GNU bug report logs - #36117
qemu-binfmt with non-native chroot

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant <at> debian.org>

Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2019 17:56:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 36117 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant <at> debian.org>
Cc: 36117 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#36117: qemu-binfmt with non-native chroot
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2019 14:25:43 +0200

Hi!

Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant <at> debian.org> skribis:

> That said, it's still a manual step (mounting /gnu or /gnu/store/qemu*)
> required to do something that could otherwise be handled transparently
> with a static build of qemu and adjusting the binfmt_misc flags... so if
> permitted to dream, I still think that would be a nice option to have
> available. :)

Yes, it sounds like we could/should do that too!

We’ll end up having big qemu-* binaries, each one with its own copy of
glibc, for instance.  Is there something smart we could do to avoid
ending up with a huge package?

Thanks,
Ludo’.
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