* Richard Guenther <rguenther@suse.de> [2012-08-03 13:46]:
Note that a feature I would consider important is the ability to populate a sysroot with packages needed for development. I'd like to see something like
zypper sysroot-setup <repository> <arch> (creates /usr/<arch-triplet>/, creates an rpm database there, etc.)
zypper install --sysroot <arch> glibc-devel
installs glibc-devel for the sysroot created for <arch>.
This would also allow for "safe" upgrades in a controlled environment, that is by creating a filesystem snapshot, mounting it, running "zypper up --sysroot" on the mounted snapshot, and finally booting into the updated snapshot with the ability to return to the previous root. A much superior alternative to the idiocy of systemd's "offline" updates. The only potential problem with --sysroot are rpm scriptlets making assumptions about a running system. -- Guido Berhoerster -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org