Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:13:36 +0400 From: Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru> To: John E Hein <jhein@timing.com> Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: linux_base-f8 giving me guff Message-ID: <94009951@ipt.ru> In-Reply-To: <18455.7999.318965.875282@gromit.timing.com> (John E. Hein's message of "Tue\, 29 Apr 2008 07\:14\:39 -0600") References: <48164CD5.9030109@gmail.com> <790a9fff0804281537p27003437p10ff1d9bf7c7bff@mail.gmail.com> <20080429045001.GW18958@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> <42172269@ipt.ru> <20080429101459.GX18958@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> <95766063@serv3.int.kfs.ru> <18455.7999.318965.875282@gromit.timing.com>
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On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:14:39 -0600 John E Hein wrote: > Boris Samorodov wrote at 16:51 +0400 on Apr 29, 2008: > > Can you please give (an) example(s) when it is necessary to install > > files with stale /usr/compat/linux/etc/ld.so.cache? > Installing to a chroot for deployment on a different system. > This is one well-used mode of operation that many ports > maintainers do not consider. We have packages for that purpose... Or I didn't understand you. > Also note that /etc/rc.d/abi runs /compat/linux/sbin/ldconfig. ...which will run while booting? That is not enough if you just install a linux port. > > I'm not sure if it make more good than harm... So far we rely on > > linuxulator being run and check for compat.linux.osrelease value > > while installing. If that check is removed then we have only FreeBSD > > OSVERSION which is very unreliable at compat.linux.osrelease quessing. > At least add a knob (ala DISABLE_VULNERABILITIES) for when the user > knows better. For packaging needs I suppose to use (an overwritable) variable LINUX_OSRELEASE. It will be introduced at bsd.linux-apps.mk together with other linux-f8 infrastructure ports. See the recent emulation@ archives for more details. WBR -- bsam
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