Merge branch 'joeyconfig' of ssh://propellor.branchable.com into joeyconfig

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diff --git a/doc/todo/initial_spin_compile_failure_recovery.mdwn b/doc/todo/initial_spin_compile_failure_recovery.mdwn
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+When initial propellor --spin host fails to compile propellor
+perhaps due to a ghc compatability bug, spinning again doesn't fix the
+problem. IIRC /usr/local/propellor has a git repo set up, but no remote
+set, and so the subsequent spin doesn't update it, since propellor is not
+running there to receive a git push into the repo. --[[Joey]]
diff --git a/doc/todo/property_to_install_propellor.mdwn b/doc/todo/property_to_install_propellor.mdwn
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+This seems redundant, since propellor must be running to ensure such a
+Property, but a Property to install propellor is useful when eg, creating a
+disk image that itself will need to run propellor. --[[Joey]]
+
+Should support:
+
+* Cloning the git repo propellor is running in. (Using eg `hostChroot`)
+* Cloning some other git repo.
+* Installing the precompiled propellor binary.
+* Installing the propellor haskell library using cabal/stack/apt.
+
+Much of this is already implemented, in non-Property form, in
+Propellor.Bootstrap, but will need adjustments for this new context.
+--[[Joey]]
+
+> [[done]]
diff --git a/doc/todo/property_to_install_propellor/comment_1_b05e9a44e5c7130d9cc928223cd82d78._comment b/doc/todo/property_to_install_propellor/comment_1_b05e9a44e5c7130d9cc928223cd82d78._comment
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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="joey"
+ subject="""comment 1"""
+ date="2017-04-09T17:42:10Z"
+ content="""
+Making this work when propellor is setting up a chroot is difficult,
+because the localdir is bind mounted into the chroot.
+
+Hmm, `unshare` could be helpful. Run shell commands to clone the localdir
+inside `unshare -m`, prefixed with a `umount localdir`. This way, the bind
+mount is avoided, and it writes "under" it. Limits the commands that can be
+run to set up the localdir to shell commands, but bootstrap already
+operates on terms of shell commands so that seems ok.
+
+`unshare` is linux-specific; comes in util-linux on modern linuxes.
+"""]]
diff --git a/doc/todo/property_to_install_propellor/comment_2_9fea601af57777e1cb49952483f4da63._comment b/doc/todo/property_to_install_propellor/comment_2_9fea601af57777e1cb49952483f4da63._comment
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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="joey"
+ subject="""comment 2"""
+ date="2017-04-09T20:49:04Z"
+ content="""
+Well, seems that `unshare` does not work in a chroot. Hmm.
+"""]]
diff --git a/doc/todo/spin_failure_HEAD.mdwn b/doc/todo/spin_failure_HEAD.mdwn
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+Seen recently on 2 hosts:
+
+	Sending privdata (73139 bytes) to kite.kitenet.net ... done
+	fatal: Couldn't find remote ref HEAD
+	propellor: <stdout>: hPutStr: illegal operation (handle is closed)
+	fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
+	Sending git update to kite.kitenet.net ... failed
+
+Despite the error, HEAD seems to be updated to the commit that is being spun,
+but the rest of the propellor runs doesn't happen. --[[Joey]]