Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 13:37:24 -0800 (PST) From: Tom Bartol <bartol@salk.edu> To: Søren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk> Cc: mike@smith.net.au, Graeme.Cross@sci.monash.edu.au, emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux RPM on FreeBSD, anyone doing this? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981222133650.96278K-100000@eccles.salk.edu> In-Reply-To: <199812222127.WAA05225@freebsd.dk>
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On Tue, 22 Dec 1998, Søren Schmidt wrote: > It seems Tom Bartol wrote: > > > > > > What I effectively need is rpm running in the linux context, ie. > > > managing the contents of /compat/linux. I think it will actually work > > > (it'd be nice to fix the secfault-on-exit problem of course), I just > > > have to deal with all the prereqs. > > > > > > > How about running rpm in a chroot'd environment rooted at /compat/linux > > and adding a the /var tree under /compat/linux? > > Why all the trouble, how about: > > rpm -i --ignoreos --root /compat/linux /path/to/the/rpm/packages > > That works for the Oracle senario.... > Cool! Thanks for pointing that out! Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message
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