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authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2012-04-24 13:14:27 +0200
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2012-04-24 13:14:40 +0200
commit25f5971b5e0b3ab5b91a7d0359cd7f5a5094c1d0 (patch)
tree066eb4f3da6844c9d9ef91c6124d512fa1f8914c /man/systemd-nspawn.xml
parent3b2d5b02ae231f1d3eb0d96eb980155d7797304e (diff)
man: rework nspawn man page to suggest yum --installroot instead of mock
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1 files changed, 19 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemd-nspawn.xml b/man/systemd-nspawn.xml
index 5bf43e8537..cf67569524 100644
--- a/man/systemd-nspawn.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-nspawn.xml
@@ -93,9 +93,12 @@
container.</para>
<para>Use a tool like
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>debootstrap</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> or <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mock</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>yum</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ or
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>debootstrap</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
to set up an OS directory tree suitable as file system
- hierarchy for <command>systemd-nspawn</command> containers.</para>
+ hierarchy for <command>systemd-nspawn</command>
+ containers.</para>
<para>Note that <command>systemd-nspawn</command> will
mount file systems private to the container to
@@ -202,27 +205,25 @@
<refsect1>
<title>Example 1</title>
- <programlisting># debootstrap --arch=amd64 unstable debian-tree/
-# systemd-nspawn -D debian-tree/</programlisting>
-
- <para>This installs a minimal Debian unstable
- distribution into the directory
- <filename>debian-tree/</filename> and then spawns a
- shell in a namespace container in it.</para>
+ <programlisting># yum --releasever=17 --nogpgcheck --installroot ~/fedora-tree/ install yum passwd vim-minimal rootfiles systemd
+# systemd-nspawn -D ~/fedora-tree /usr/lib/systemd/systemd</programlisting>
+ <para>This installs a minimal Fedora distribution into
+ the directory <filename>~/fedora-tree/</filename>
+ and then boots an OS in a namespace container in it,
+ with systemd as init system.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Example 2</title>
- <programlisting># mock --init
-# systemd-nspawn -D /var/lib/mock/fedora-rawhide-x86_64/root/ /sbin/init systemd.log_level=debug</programlisting>
+ <programlisting># debootstrap --arch=amd64 unstable ~/debian-tree/
+# systemd-nspawn -D ~/debian-tree/</programlisting>
- <para>This installs a minimal Fedora distribution into
- a subdirectory of <filename>/var/lib/mock/</filename>
- and then boots an OS in a namespace container in it,
- with systemd as init system, configured for debug
- logging.</para>
+ <para>This installs a minimal Debian unstable
+ distribution into the directory
+ <filename>~/debian-tree/</filename> and then spawns a
+ shell in a namespace container in it.</para>
</refsect1>
@@ -238,8 +239,8 @@
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>chroot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>debootstrap</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mock</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>yum</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>debootstrap</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>