Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:22:13 -0800 From: Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net> To: Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru> Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Trouble With Linux Compatibility Message-ID: <491A4BE5.1060402@mykitchentable.net> In-Reply-To: <71745446@bs1.sp34.ru> References: <49174AF8.50201@mykitchentable.net> <57511736@bb.ipt.ru> <4919C9BA.3070903@mykitchentable.net> <71745446@bs1.sp34.ru>
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Boris Samorodov wrote: > Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net> writes: > >> Boris Samorodov wrote: >> >>> Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net> writes: >>> > > >>>> I am trying to install a linux rpm of Legato Networker Backup Client. >>>> >>> It is not supposed to work (installing via rpm). You may try to do like >>> this: >>> ----- >>> # cd $LINUX_BASE >>> # rpm2cpio -q < $directory_with_rpm_package/$rpm_package | cpio -id >>> ----- >>> Then find any new binary executable files and brandelf(1) them (only >>> executables, not libraries). >>> >> Thank you! I think I have it working. >> > > Good to know. > > >> Will have to test to be sure >> it's working OK. I'm just curious...in two guides, written in 2006, I >> found on the net use rpm to install. Did this change recently? >> > > Seems that it has changed two years ago when I began to maintain > linux ports. ;-) The problem was that rpm used it's own database > of installed files/packages. The native FreeBSD database was used > as well. It was a nightmare to keep then in sync. One of them > should die. Guess which one? ;-) > I understand. > BTW, what about creating patches/followups/etc to those guides you > have seen? > One of the guides was from O'Reilly's onlamp.com. The other was linux.com. With the exception of posting a comment below the article, I do not find it possible to update those guides. However I could write an additional section for the Handbook and send it to freebsd-doc@ and see if someone would add it. Would that be a good place? It's where I started looking. Cheers, Drew -- Be a Great Magician! Visit The Alchemist's Warehouse http://www.alchemistswarehouse.com
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