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document problems with chrootless mode in man page

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Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues 2021-02-23 12:50:18 +01:00
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@ -6264,11 +6264,14 @@ Uses the dpkg option C<--force-script-chrootless> to install packages into
I<TARGET> without dpkg and apt inside I<TARGET> but using apt and dpkg from the
machine running B<mmdebstrap>. Maintainer scripts are run without chrooting
into I<TARGET> and rely on their dependencies being installed on the machine
running B<mmdebstrap>. Unless B<mmdebstrap> was run inside fakeroot, the
I<TARGET> directory will be owned by the user running B<mmdebstrap>.
B<WARNING>: if this option is used carelessly with packages that do not support
C<DPKG_ROOT>, this mode can result in undesired changes to the system running
B<mmdebstrap> because maintainer-scripts will be run without B<chroot(1)>.
running B<mmdebstrap>. Only very few packages support this mode. Namely, as of
2021, not all essential packages support it, mainly due to missing support in
debconf. See https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Dpkg/Spec/InstallBootstrap or the
dpkg-root-support usertag of debian-dpkg@lists.debian.org in the Debian bug
tracking system. B<WARNING>: if this option is used carelessly with packages
that do not support C<DPKG_ROOT>, this mode can result in undesired changes to
the system running B<mmdebstrap> because maintainer-scripts will be run without
B<chroot(1)>.
=for TODO
=item B<qemu>