Re: [Libguestfs] [PATCH] daemon: always provide stdin when running chroot commands (RHBZ#1280029)
On Tue, Dec 01, 2015 at 05:05:51PM +0100, Mateusz Guzik wrote:
My argument is that executing linux binaries in an environment
without
properly populated /dev is a recipe for trouble and will one day come
back with weird failures or improperly constructed images.
They'd hardly work at all. Luckily the code also bind-mounts /dev
(and /sys and other things) from the appliance into the chroot first.
Rich.
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