Re: Is pkgtools/mksandbox supposed to be cross platform?

[Jonathan Perkin <jperkin%pkgsrc.org@localhost>]

* On 2025-12-15 at 23:04 GMT, Lloyd Parkes wrote:

> I see that the Makefile says not for Darwin so that makes it sound 
> like other non-NetBSD platforms are allowed.
>
> On the other hand it uses null mounts which I'm not sure is a Linux 
> thing. (I don't have a Linux system within arm's reach right now).

YMMV.  I use it on NetBSD and Linux, and have in the past used it on 
SunOS.  Nowadays I have too much customisation required and so ended up 
writing my own for SunOS.

It's correct that Darwin is unsupported.  Sandbox support on Darwin over 
the years has been incredibly frustrating, and Apple keep 
breaking^Wchanging things.  Currently my most stable setup (the one that 
posts daily bulk builds to pkgsrc-bulk@) involves MacFUSE, bindfs, and 
NFS mounts.

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