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| author | Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de> | 2024-03-25 10:58:42 +0100 |
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| committer | Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de> | 2024-03-25 10:58:42 +0100 |
| commit | 4db215b6edba4b9d79c5439f3c9c4596915069b2 (patch) | |
| tree | 2aa7edf830f3e97a52eb9aee0c8870b2b5575cc6 /README.md | |
| parent | c3ceb1929c4154db42003350d54d41ba4beb20e5 (diff) | |
| parent | fd97cb52975a11ba2e019f12c1aecd5123bd2204 (diff) | |
| download | debvm-4db215b6edba4b9d79c5439f3c9c4596915069b2.tar.gz | |
Merge feature-mkfs.ext4 into main
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@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ A regular user account[^1] suffices. The following Debian packages should be installed: * `arch-test` (when running foreign images) * `e2fsprogs` - * `genext2fs` (used by `mmdebstrap`) * `mmdebstrap` * `qemu-system-something` * `qemu-user-static` (when creating foreign images) + * `uidmap` (for using user namespaces) What is this image format precisely? ==================================== @@ -63,8 +63,7 @@ The other aspect is restricting to Debian-based systems. This allows for a lot of simplification of the problem space. While most similar tools require root privileges at some point, this one works -with either fakeroot or a subuid allocation for user namespaces, which is often -available. +with a subuid allocation for user namespaces, which is often available. The implementation is so short that it still is feasible to read and understand it. Let's see how long that lasts. |