[Pkg-uml-pkgs] Bug#387675: undocumented rootstrap.conf option 'umlargs'

[Andreas Beckmann]

Package: rootstrap
Version: 0.3.23-1
Severity: minor

Hi,

rootstrap(1) mentions an 'umlargs' option in rootstrap.conf while
describing the -u / --umlargs option, but 'umlargs' is neither described
in rootstrap(1) nor in /etc/rootstrap/rootstrap.conf. It seems to belong
to the [global] section.

I needed this option to increase the memory for the rootstrap uml
instance because locale-gen died with oom using a default of 32 MB.

So I'd suggest either adding an example using the mem option to the
default rootstrap.conf (umlargs=mem=128m did work for me, 64m was still
not enough for locale-gen) or even introducing a [global]mem=... or
[global]umlmem=... option that would allow setting the memory to use
(only while rootstrapping, the user may choose whatever he likes when he
uses the image file) independently of umlargs=


There is also a superfluous '<' in /etc/rootstrap/rootstrap.conf
line 107:
    #<purge=...


Andreas

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (300, 'unstable'), (30, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-2-k7
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages rootstrap depends on:
ii  debootstrap                 0.3.3        Bootstrap a basic Debian system
ii  dpkg                        1.13.21      package maintenance system for Deb
ii  python                      2.4.3-11     An interactive high-level object-o
ii  user-mode-linux             2.6.17-1um-2 User-mode Linux (kernel)

Versions of packages rootstrap recommends:
ii  uml-utilities                 20060323-3 User-mode Linux (utility programs)

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