[Pkg-uml-pkgs] [rootstrap] how to proceed?

[Stefano Melchior]

Dear all,
I tried to investigate how rootstrap works and, despite of the fact I did
know much about python language, I realized the principles of its idea.

At this moment it fails, above all, because the current method does not
support anymore or in the proper way the definition on /dev/ubdn devices
well on the host you attempt to mount/unmount the uml filesystem.
It launches a linux (indeed the uml kernel) instance to configure the
newly created filesystem.
The rest seems to work fine.
I was wondering if:
- it is reasonable to patch the current rootstrap to make it works on
  /dev/ubdn device;
- it is reasonable to make the package not to be dependant on
  user-mode-linux and to make it create a filesystem by using only 
  deboostrap, then you can automate the process of set the proper config
  files up.
Any suggestion, despite the availabe patch, it seems that you still can
not create a new filesystem.
In the next few days I shall work on python to make rootstrap generally be
separated from user-mode-linux.
May it be an interesting process of creating uml filesystem progress?
Let's see.

Cheers

SteX
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