[joeyh]

I use the same technique of bundling the necessary dynamic libraries and gconv files for the git-annex standalone tarball distribution. I've observed users untarring that onto arbitrary wacky NAS boxes and it just working, which is pretty nice.

I later adapted that for use in propellor too, when it's deploying docker/etc containers. This allows propellor to bootstrap itself to run inside an arbitrary docker container. http://joeyh.name/blog/entry/propelling_containers/

Later, I used propellor's ability to bootstrap itself this way to let it copy itself onto a VM and run there to replace its content with a clean reinstall of Debian. http://joeyh.name/blog/entry/clean_OS_reinstalls_with_propel...