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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# will be rewritten some day
+
+help () {
+  echo "dchr-bs <distro> <arch> <chroot-dir>"
+  echo "-- supported distros:"
+  echo "   archlinux"
+  #echo "   voidlinux"
+  echo "https://dchr.dc09.ru"
+}
+
+bs_archlinux () {
+  url="https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/archlinux/iso/latest/archlinux-bootstrap-$1.tar.gz"
+
+  echo '-- Downloading'
+  if which wget 2>/dev/null
+  then
+    wget -O ./rootfs.tar.gz "$url" || exit 2
+  elif which curl 2>/dev/null
+  then
+    curl -o ./rootfs.tar.gz "$url" || exit 2
+  else
+    echo -e "-- \e[1;31mError\e[0m -- install either curl or wget"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  echo '-- Extracting'
+  tar xzf ./rootfs.tar.gz "root.x86_64/*" -C "$2" || exit 3
+  echo '-- Removing rootfs archive'
+  rm ./rootfs.tar.gz
+
+  echo '-- Setting up'
+  sed -i '/evowise/s/^#//' "$2/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist"
+  sed -i '/CheckSpace/s/^/#/' "$2/etc/pacman.conf"
+  cp /etc/hosts "$2/etc/hosts"
+  cp /etc/resolv.conf "$2/etc/resolv.conf"
+
+  echo '-- \e[1;32mOK\e[0m -- archlinux bootstrapped'
+  echo '-- Use dchr-run to enter the chroot and execute the following commands:'
+  # some day i will rewrite this script and it will do it automatically
+  echo '# pacman-key --init'
+  echo '# pacman-key --populate archlinux'
+  echo '# pacman -Syu'
+}