Jails creation

[Miroslav Lachman]

Tonix (Antonio Nati) wrote:
> 
> Is there any architectural reason for which jails must be created only 
> starting from sources?
> Would not it be simpler to create a jail cloning the host environment 
> binaries (and then using the normal freebsd-update to keep it updated)?
> Would it be possible to suggest a funded project with this goal?

You are not the first one with this idea. You can easily use nullfs 
mount of directories from base system, but people mostly prefer 
independent directory with jail install shared by many jails.

And sometimes somebody needs jails with modified binaries, so it is not 
possible to share theme with base system in all cases.

There are many ways to get jails running without sources, it is up to 
you to choose one.

Miroslav Lachman

PS: there is freebsd-jail at freebsd.org mailinglist