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Message-ID: <20151223160137.GJ32545@example.net>
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2015 17:01:37 +0100
From: u-uy74@...ey.se
To: musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: musl & proprietary programs

On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 03:48:53PM +0100, Szabolcs Nagy wrote:
> * Alba Pompeo <albapompeo@...il.com> [2015-12-22 13:37:52 -0200]:
> > chroot is a little better than dual-boot, but still very unfriendly
> > for a day-to-day usage of many proprietary tools.
> > 
> 
> on x86, binaries linked against glibc can be made to work with
> musl.
> 
> but isolating such software into a separate virtual environment
> is a good idea anyway and then it's easier to use glibc based
> userspace there.

Proot comes to mind (http://proot.me/) which looks like just
the right tool for the purpose.

Rune

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