[Slackbuilds-users] Is it possible to test build packages using chroot?

[Sebastian Arcus]

On 27/01/2024 18:55, Andrzej Telszewski wrote:
> On 27/01/2024 18:37, Sebastian Arcus wrote:
>> As per title, is it possible to use chroot to test build packages 
>> against a different version of Slackware? For example if I have 
>> slackware -current on my machine, instead of setting up a full virtual 
>> machine, could I have a Slackware 15.0 install in a directory, and 
>> just chroot to it to test build a package? I confess I only have a 
>> general understanding of how chroot works - so there might be a reason 
>> why this can't work.
> 
> Sure it is! :-)
> 
> You might want to give `slackrepo` a chance.
> It has capability to build in chroot, exactly what you want.

Thank you for that - I didn't know about slackrepo - I'll take a look