Add macOS Tart VM build documentation #2441
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…cally for isolation.
…art VM. It appeared that doing the `pkgbuild` inside whatever filesystem it was originally caused a .PKG corruption, so we simply write it initially to a cleaner temp area before copying it back in one hit.
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One minor suggestion otherwise all looks a-ok.
| # WORKAROUND: Write package to /tmp first to avoid virtiofs XAR corruption | ||
| # then copy to final location in build directory | ||
| # without this, the pkgbuild produces a corrupted archive inside a Tart VM | ||
| pkgout="/tmp/pcp-pkg.$$" |
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Can we use $tmp here, which is securely setup, rather than hard-coded /tmp?
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@natoscott NOTE: I remember now that this one is actually superseded by the #2442 (it includes this Tart stuff), so I think the right thing to do is close this as duplicate/superseded by #2442 . I'll look to add your suggested change over on the main one. |
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Closed as included in #2442 |
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Adds documentation for building PCP on macOS using Tart VMs via Cirrus CLI.
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