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@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ Options: VOIDNSRUN_DIR environment variable is used. -m <path>: Add bind mount. You can add up to 50 paths. -u <path>: Add undo bind mount. You can add up to 50 paths. + -d <path>: Add /usr subdirectory bind mount. -U <path>: Path to voidnsundo. When this option is not present, VOIDNSUNDO_BIN environment variable is used. -i: Don't treat missing source or target for added mounts as error. @@ -99,6 +100,12 @@ launching `xbps-install`, `xbps-remove` or `xbps-reconfigure`and using To bind something else, use the `-m` option. You can add up to 50 binds as of version 1.2. +To bind a subdirectory from the host `/usr`, use the `-d` option (available +since version 1.3). For example, instead of installing fonts into the container +and therefore duplicating them and wasting your disk space, you can bind-mount +`/usr/share/fonts` from the host. The rest of `/usr/` will be from the glibc +container. + There's also the `-u` option. It adds bind mounts of the **voidnsundo** binary inside the namespace. See more about this below in the **voidnsundo** bind mode section. Just like with the `-m` option, you can add up to 50 binds as of version @@ -251,8 +258,8 @@ A: If you installed fonts on your main system, applications that run in the moun namespace can't see them because of custom `/usr` directory. You need to install them again into the container directory. -Some workaround to bind-mount `/usr/share/fonts` from the root system to the -namespace may be introduced in future, if Linux will allow such hacks. +Since 1.3, it's possible to bind-mount `/usr/share/fonts` or other directorires +from the host to the mount namespace. Use the `-d` option for that. ## Security @@ -269,6 +276,10 @@ promise to pay $25 in Bitcoin. Contact me if you find something. ## Changelog +#### 1.3 + +- Added the `-d` option to bind mount subdirectories from the host `/usr`. + #### 1.2.1 - Minor code fixes, nothing serious. |