Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 12:11:01 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> To: Eivind Eklund <eivind@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.org>, Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/emulators/linux_base Makefile distinfo.alpha distinfo.i386 pkg-plist.alpha pkg-plist.i386 Message-ID: <20020529121101.G386@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <20020529125053.A24253@phoenix.dmnstech.net>; from eivind@FreeBSD.org on Wed, May 29, 2002 at 12:50:53PM %2B0200 References: <200205280235.g4S2ZPr85521@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020528040504.GB55559@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net> <20020528002336.A33431@dragon.nuxi.com> <20020528190151.C64264@canyon.nothing-going-on.org> <20020529125053.A24253@phoenix.dmnstech.net>
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On Wed, May 29, 2002 at 12:50:53PM +0200, Eivind Eklund wrote:
> On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 07:01:51PM +0100, Nik Clayton wrote:
> > On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 12:23:36AM -0700, David O'Brien wrote:
> > > On Mon, May 27, 2002 at 09:05:04PM -0700, Marcel Moolenaar wrote:
> > > > > Upgrade to Red Hat 7.x support. Many binary-only packages are now requiring
> > > > > Red Hat 7.x to run.
> > > >
> > > > We already have linux_base-7.
> > >
> > > Would you prefer no linux_base, but only linux_base-<version>?
> >
> > I would. A lot of the Linux binary game servers in ports/games require
> > 6 rather than 7.
>
> Unless we make it possible to install *both* of these *at the same time*, with
> difference on a port-by-port basis as to which is used, I think this is one of
> the worst ideas since the triangular wheel.
If the attempt to merge linux_base-{6,7} fails, I am thinking of
enhancing brandelf to allow us to specify an "abi" which would be rh6,
rh7, debian, etc... imgact_elf would then use the correct bits under
/compat/{rh6,rh7,debian,etc...}.
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