From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EA20138CEE for ; Sat, 4 Jul 2015 14:13:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 113F814002; Sat, 4 Jul 2015 14:13:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A94B414002 for ; Sat, 4 Jul 2015 14:13:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from oystercatcher.gentoo.org (unknown [IPv6:2a01:4f8:202:4333:225:90ff:fed9:fc84]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BF4AD3408D4 for ; Sat, 4 Jul 2015 14:13:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by oystercatcher.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2AE472B for ; Sat, 4 Jul 2015 14:13:26 +0000 (UTC) From: "Anthony G. Basile" To: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Reply-To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org, "Anthony G. Basile" Message-ID: <1436019352.e6015978f8ee88ffadcdfaacc0d3c8b78ff02ba9.blueness@gentoo> Subject: [gentoo-commits] proj/grss:master commit in: / X-VCS-Repository: proj/grss X-VCS-Files: README X-VCS-Directories: / X-VCS-Committer: blueness X-VCS-Committer-Name: Anthony G. Basile X-VCS-Revision: e6015978f8ee88ffadcdfaacc0d3c8b78ff02ba9 X-VCS-Branch: master Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2015 14:13:26 +0000 (UTC) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: edc7570f-efdb-4514-853e-ea76d33f1a50 X-Archives-Hash: 377bd5e0e983c756b12e937ce9a49c66 commit: e6015978f8ee88ffadcdfaacc0d3c8b78ff02ba9 Author: Anthony G. Basile gentoo org> AuthorDate: Sat Jul 4 14:15:52 2015 +0000 Commit: Anthony G. Basile gentoo org> CommitDate: Sat Jul 4 14:15:52 2015 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/grss.git/commit/?id=e6015978 README: add blurb about cgroup. README | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README b/README index c9af472..626f80d 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -70,9 +70,14 @@ Features: transcribe the steps one would manually take in a chroot in build the system into the build script, and grsrun will automatically repeat them. - * It is possible to script a GRS system to do the equivalent of catalyst runs. + * It is possible to script a GRS system to do the equivalent of catalyst runs. [TODO: there is still one more build script directive required here, pivot_chroot.] + * The use of Linux cgroup make management easy. There is no need to trap or + propagate signals when writing the scripts that are to be run in the chroot. + A simple SIGTERM to grsrun will ensure that all children process are properly + terminated and that any bind-mounted filesystems are unmounted. + * A GRS system acts as a "tinderbox-lite" in that build failures are reported. So as a GRS system evolves over time, as package are bumped, any breakages that are introduced will be caught and reported.