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| author | Panu Matilainen <pmatilai@redhat.com> | 2022-06-01 09:46:14 +0300 |
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| committer | Michal Domonkos <mdomonko@redhat.com> | 2022-07-01 10:52:14 +0200 |
| commit | e6d9b9bb02d7a7103684a9036f6af89f763e6dad (patch) | |
| tree | fe8ca0c75237defd04efd79bc9792201d1c13b85 | |
| parent | f4d86a744016890e3a08e9e50616ff4cbae41333 (diff) | |
| download | rpm-e6d9b9bb02d7a7103684a9036f6af89f763e6dad.tar.gz | |
Document --root assumptions both in the manual and API
Fixes: #2081
(cherry picked from commit 370c58746c3b8c178808aaa95e1acb009fc4a677)
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/man/rpm.8.md | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/rpmts.h | 5 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/man/rpm.8.md b/docs/man/rpm.8.md index a643964ef..a8ea69225 100644 --- a/docs/man/rpm.8.md +++ b/docs/man/rpm.8.md @@ -205,6 +205,10 @@ These options can be used in all the different modes. installing, or **%prep** if building, a package) will be run after a chroot(2) to *DIRECTORY*. + Note that rpm assumes the environment inside the root is set up by + the caller, such as any mounts needed for the operation inside the + root directory. + **-D, \--define=\'***MACRO EXPR***\'** : Defines *MACRO* with value *EXPR*. diff --git a/lib/rpmts.h b/lib/rpmts.h index eca179009..4908b36e4 100644 --- a/lib/rpmts.h +++ b/lib/rpmts.h @@ -453,6 +453,11 @@ const char * rpmtsRootDir(rpmts ts); /** \ingroup rpmts * Set transaction rootDir, i.e. path to chroot(2). + * + * Note that rpm assumes the environment inside the root is set up by + * the caller, such as any mounts needed for the operation inside the + * root directory. + * * @param ts transaction set * @param rootDir new transaction rootDir (or NULL) * @return 0 on success, -1 on error (invalid rootDir) |