[lmi-commits] [lmi] master 9ed1d7a: Copy blessed bare proprietary repository into chroot

[Greg Chicares]

branch: master
commit 9ed1d7a789ab968be5b68b605df32e0c0a8fffbd
Author: Gregory W. Chicares <address@hidden>
Commit: Gregory W. Chicares <address@hidden>

    Copy blessed bare proprietary repository into chroot
---
 README.schroot |    9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.schroot b/README.schroot
index 87b89d3..88b83a2 100644
--- a/README.schroot
+++ b/README.schroot
@@ -193,9 +193,14 @@ patch --dry-run --strip=0 </home/greg/ltmain.sh.patch \
 # Exit from the root shell in the chroot.
 exit
 
-# If cached lmi downloads are available elsewhere, copy them, e.g.:
+# If cached lmi downloads are available elsewhere, copy them now.
+# Copying cache_for_lmi/downloads/ is an optional step that merely
+# conserves bandwidth. Directory cache_for_lmi/ in a native msw
+# installation also contains cygwin files, which are not wanted in a
+# chroot. For convenience, add a bare repository of proprietary files
+# to this directory (after making sure it's up to date):
+#   cp --dereference --preserve --recursive /WHEREVER/blessed 
/srv/cache_for_lmi
 #   cp -a /srv/cache_for_lmi/* /srv/chroot/cross-lmi/cache_for_lmi/
-# This optional step merely conserves bandwidth.
 
 # Configure ssh, iff this chroot needs write access to savannah.
 # The easiest way is to copy existing credentials, e.g.: