A question about using --devmode

John Lenton john.lenton at canonical.com
Mon Jul 25 08:57:51 UTC 2016


On 25 July 2016 at 10:51, XiaoGuo Liu <xiaoguo.liu at canonical.com> wrote:
> Hi Oliver,
>
> Thanks for your reply. What happens if we do the following:
>
> - confinement: devmode
> - installation: do not use "--devmode"
>
> Will this be OK?

No, this will abort with an error.

> Will the app be running in confinement?

No. In 2.11 (coming soon!) you'll be able to specify --jailmode which
would do this, but will (in 2.11) break on refresh. That is,
auto-refresh of a --jailmode will fail. That particular case will be
addressed down the road a bit.




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