Re: using pkg_comp against the running tree?

["Johnny C. Lam" <jlam%pkgsrc.org@localhost>]

Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
> Is there some way to use pkg_comp against the current tree?  That is,
> sometimes I want to rebuild everything, but I don't want to use the
> latest -current source.  (If nothing else, the obvious way to use the
> latest source involves building 'release', which is much more expensive
> than 'sets', especially on i386 where so many kernels are built.)

Try using pkgsrc/mk/bulk/mksandbox.  It null-mounts various parts of the 
running system into a chroot.  I set up my sandboxen with:

    mksandbox --pkgsrc=/usr/pkgsrc --src=/usr/src --without-x \
        --verbose /var/chroot/sandbox

I typically edit the generated /var/chroot/sandbox/sandbox script 
afterwards to make the /usr/pkgsrc mount read-only.  You have to 
manually handle the mount/umount (I suppose I could integrate the 
pkg_comp refcounting into the sandbox script).

        Cheers,

        -- Johnny C. Lam