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Re: chroot to install packages

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Date 2013-11-14 20:32 +1100
Subject Re: chroot to install packages
From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Message-ID <mailman.2587.1384421553.18130.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 8:29 PM, Himanshu Garg <hgarg.india@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have written a script
>
> os.chroot("/lxc/test_container/rootfs")
> subprocess.call(["apt-key", "add", "/root/package.key"])
> subprocess.call(["apt-get", "update"])
>
> os._exit(0)
>
> Now, this script is working properly, entering the chroot jail and adding the apt key, but when the "apt-get update" command runs, it starts but throws me an error:
> "E: Unable to change to (unreachable)/lxc/test_container/ - chdir (2: No such file or directory)"

I'm not certain, but this might be due to chrooting without changing
directory. Unless os.chroot() does it for you, you'll want to
os.chdir("/") immediately afterwards. In any case, it's worth a try.

ChrisA

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chroot to install packages Himanshu Garg <hgarg.india@gmail.com> - 2013-11-13 06:31 -0800
  Re: chroot to install packages Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-11-14 10:40 +1100
    Re: chroot to install packages Himanshu Garg <hgarg.india@gmail.com> - 2013-11-13 17:52 -0800
      Re: chroot to install packages Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-11-14 13:00 +1100
      Re: chroot to install packages Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-11-14 02:12 +0000
        Re: chroot to install packages Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-11-14 13:26 +1100
  Re: chroot to install packages Himanshu Garg <hgarg.india@gmail.com> - 2013-11-14 01:29 -0800
    Re: chroot to install packages Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-11-14 20:32 +1100
      Re: chroot to install packages Himanshu Garg <hgarg.india@gmail.com> - 2013-11-14 01:41 -0800

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