Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 10:48:04 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> To: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> Cc: 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: <20020528104804.A60799@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <20020528173231.GC306@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net>; from marcel@xcllnt.net on Tue, May 28, 2002 at 10:32:31AM -0700 References: <200205280235.g4S2ZPr85521@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020528040504.GB55559@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net> <20020528002336.A33431@dragon.nuxi.com> <20020528081154.GA86369@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net> <20020528081548.D33762@dragon.nuxi.com> <20020528173231.GC306@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net>
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On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 10:32:31AM -0700, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > I see. So the objective I had ends up being less beneficial than deliberate > breakages. When were you going to finish your objectives? The MAINTAINER of the linux_base* ports is "ports@freebsd.org"; so you seemed to have divorced yourself from them. If you were still listed as the maintainer, I would be pushing you to finish your objectives rather than stepping in myself. > Hmmm... I don't have a good solution for the implied problems, > so that makes your approach probably the best. Although I must say that I'm > disappointed to learn that we apparently need to break more eggs than we > put in the omelet to get peoples attention. *sigh* when was someone else going to do something about this? > > Uh, to run all linux binaries easier than we do today. > > It helps to define the things that make it hard and how you think you > want to address it. You don't normally attract engineers with vague > mission statements. It only attracts managers :-) Some binary ports today require linux_base-7. Installing linux_base-7 blows away an linux_base[-6] installation. The two ports do not co-exist. THAT IS THE THE HARD ISSUE. Installing linux_base-6 and linux_base-7 in any order should leave a usable Linux compatibility installation. Some apps require RH7, we know this set. Some work with both RH6 and RH7; and some only work with RH6. We do not fully know either of these sets and no one has bothered to figure them out. I now am, and this is the approach I chose to take. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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