halfway there. now i just need to build the package lists.

lib/05-chroot_wrapper.func.sh

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+function chroot_wrapper () {
+  local ARCHSUFFIX="${1}"
+  if [[ "${1}" == "64" ]]; 
+  then
+   local CHROOTDIR="${CHROOTDIR}root.x86_64"
+   local BUILDDIR="${BUILDDIR}64"
+  elif [[ "${1}" == "32" ]]; 
+  then
+   local CHROOTDIR="${CHROOTDIR}root.i686"
+   local BUILDDIR="${BUILDDIR}32"
+  else
+   echo "WHOOPS. We hit an error that makes no logical sense."
+   echo 'Dying.'
+   exit 1
+  fi
+
+  if [ -f "/usr/bin/systemd-nspawn" ];
+  then
+    CHROOTCMD="systemd-nspawn -D ${CHROOTDIR}"
+  else
+   CHROOTCMD="facehugger ${ARCHSUFFIX}"
+  fi
+
+  echo "NOW ENTERING ${CHROOTDIR}...."
+  echo "_____________________________"
+  ${CHROOTCMD}
+  CHROOTDIR="${CHROOTDIR_GLOB}"
+  BUILDDIR="${BUILDDIR_GLOB}"
+}