maybe genTree does some of what you need?
#binhost for myself
green vine
it's a tool I made which makes binhosts automatically
yeah I want to go be some mix of catalyst and a binhost
if you run the server you can send build command using HTTP GET requests
why not just use the buildpkg feature
but if you did this, you could stage them on the binhost side and then just use that
it would build in a separate root
I've actually considered it for an A/B sorta setup
like you can just build packages in a separate root then install everything but bdeps to another root
chroots can be tricky
a lot of what genTree does is help manage mounts for you
yeah doing it totally manually is not easy
if you're gonna do that you almost certainly want to make your own setup scripts
arch-chroot can kinda work
the real advantage of genTree is it runs totally rootless
yeah that's was a big reason why I made it
I want to use catalyst but it needs root and a lot of other stuff
it does it itself
code in there
it's real simple
gaunt ravine
https://github.com/desultory/genTree/blob/main/src/genTree/genTree.py#L311
So, the tool is for creating stages with specific config/packages
gaunt ravine
So, the tool is for creating stages with specific config/packages
I guess the tool is kinda great if doing some stuff with stable stages
green vine
So, the tool is for creating stages with specific config/packages
yes but can also just make binpkgs
yeah you can use a config dir, it bind mounts it, or you can set environment stuff
it makes binpkgs by default mostly for caching but it has other users
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