Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 12:26:41 +0200 (CEST) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: rdivacky@FreeBSD.ORG (Roman Divacky) Cc: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net>, freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG, bsam@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Printing with Acrobat Reader Message-ID: <200704121026.l3CAQgfV063998@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <20070412095811.GA87726@freebsd.org>
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Roman Divacky wrote: > > > Acroread will use linux system calls to start the shell. This results > > in the linux shell (/compat/linux/bin/sh) to start (linuxulator > > directory prefixing). The linux shell will use the same linuxulator > > directory prefixing to start /compat/linux/usr/bin/lpr. So we're in > > the same situation like with Acroread. So when you play around with it > > also try to not specify a path to the lpr call and tell us which one > > works. > > this is not entirely true (or I just read it wrong). it works like this > > any binary (fbsd or linux) can run any binary (fbsd or linux). its just that > when linux binary wants to run "xyz" it searches /compat/linux first and then > falls back to / > > just a clarification I think you both mean to say exactly the same, you just express it in different ways. :-) Since there is no /compat/linux/usr/bin/lpr, it should fall back to using /usr/bin/lpr. Anyway, I will test it, as Alexander suggested. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "File names are infinite in length, where infinity is set to 255 characters." -- Peter Collinson, "The Unix File System"
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