From 7743e1e9f066490245d7041f062f68b8f7a3c7e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gerard Beekmans Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 23:15:49 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added note that entering chroot will clear all env. vars git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@716 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689 --- chapter06/chroot.xml | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/chapter06/chroot.xml b/chapter06/chroot.xml index 42717e2ea..ca70820f8 100644 --- a/chapter06/chroot.xml +++ b/chapter06/chroot.xml @@ -18,9 +18,12 @@ actually /mnt/lfs but the shell doesn't know that). -The TERM=$TERM construction will set the $TERM value inside +The -i option will clear all environment variables for as long as you +are in the chroot'ed environment and only the ROOT and TERM variables +are rest. The TERM=$TERM construction will set the $TERM value inside chroot to the same value as outside chroot which is needed for programs -like vim and less to operate properly. +like vim and less to operate properly. If you need other variables +present, such as CFLAGS or CXXFLAGS, you need to set them again.