[Yum-devel] --installroot behavioural change ...

[Tim Lauridsen]

Tim Lauridsen wrote:
> Alan Milligan wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> In the 3.0.x series of yum, the --installroot argument worked such 
>> that it cd/chroot'ed to this dir and *then* looked for 
>> /etc/yum.conf.  In 3.1.6, it binds to /etc/yum.conf outside the 
>> installroot.
>>
>> This is a complete PITA when used with mock - my chroot is no longer 
>> the sandbox I thought it was - someone's kicked over my castle!!
>>
>> Is this something that someone will restore, or should I now modify 
>> my mock to pass yum -c??
>>
>> Alan
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> I should work in the same ways in yum 3.1.x, but the problem is that 
> the default yum.conf location has changed from /etc/yum.conf to 
> /etc/yum/yum.conf, if you don't use an installroot, then yum will fall 
> back to use /etc/yum.conf if /etc/yum/yum.conf is used.
> But if you use an installroot it will check for 
> '/your/install/root/etc/yum/yum.conf' and it not exist then 
> /etc/yum.conf will be used.
> It will try to make it work a little smarter.
>
> Tim
> _
I have submitted a patch to make it look for 
/my/install/root/etc/yum.conf, if /my/install/root/etc/yum/yum.conf dont 
exist.

Tim