Script to create a fresh Debian environment

debian/create_environment

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+#!/bin/sh
+
+if test `id -u` -ne 0
+then
+    echo "$0 must be run as root."
+    return
+fi
+
+ROOT=test_environment
+FRESH=clean_environment
+if test -e "$FRESH"
+then
+    echo "Clean debian environment found at $FRESH. Good."
+else
+    echo "No debian environment found at $FRESH, downloading with debootstrap."
+    mkdir -p $FRESH
+    ./get_debootstrap --arch i386 sid "$FRESH" http://deb.debian.org/debian/
+fi
+
+cleanup_mount() {
+    if mountpoint "$1" > /dev/null
+    then
+        echo "Unmounting $1"
+        umount "$1"
+    fi
+}
+
+if test -e "$ROOT"
+then
+    echo "Existing installation found at $ROOT, removing."
+    ./destroy_environment
+fi
+
+echo "Copying $FRESH to $ROOT."
+cp -r "$FRESH" "$ROOT"
+
+echo "Initializing $ROOT."
+mkdir -p "$ROOT/proc"
+mount proc $ROOT/proc -t proc
+mkdir -p "$ROOT/sys"
+mount sysfs $ROOT/sys -t sysfs
+