On 3/22/07, Michael Towers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Aaron Griffin wrote:
> > On 3/18/07, Michael Towers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> I have only done a few very quick tests, but it looks good ...
> >>
> >> ... except that there seems to be something wrong with the behaviour
> >> with the -r option. Specifically, so far as I can tell the install
> >> scripts are not being executed in the same way as in the current
> >> version. Things I have noticed so far: when installing a font package
> >> the fonts.xxx files don't get generated (or at least don't end up where
> >> they should - maybe they end up on the host system). With the
> >> ttf-ms-fonts package, the font files themselves also don't appear in the
> >> target.
> >> As this is needed for scripted installs (such as for larch), it is IMO
> >> important that this is sorted out before a release.
> >
> > Are you doing this as a user?  Pacman needs to be able to chroot() and
> > chroot requires root permissions.  If it is unable to chroot, I
> > believe it skips the scriptlet.  Can you verify?
> >
>
> This was as root.

Yep, you're correct - the problem was that the root directory was
being applied twice, which is fine for ///foo but not when the root is
'/bar': /bar/bar/.

Fixed in CVS.

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