Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 20:12:38 -0800 From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@cup.hp.com> To: Craig Harding <crh@outpost.co.nz> Cc: emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Status of Linux upgrade Message-ID: <3A8B5736.6780E776@cup.hp.com> References: <3A868C21.BAF18F98@outpost.co.nz>
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Craig Harding wrote: > > I was wondering if any work was being done on upgrading the Linux > emulation from its current RedHat 6.1 base to something more recent? No, not yet. > Alternatively, could anyone give me some pointers on what would be > involved in upgrading some of the libraries in an existing 6.1 > installation to current versions? Specifically, > (/compat/linux)/lib/libpthread-0.8.so? The makefile defines a variable UPDATES. This can contain all libraries installed by the port and present in the `updates/6.1/$ARCH` directory on any mirror. > I would like to try using a newer libpthread to see if this fixes the > problem, I know RH7 appears to use 0.9 but my various naive attempts at > upgrading the Linuxilator libraries have been spectacularly > unsuccessful. New libraries normally trigger changes in the kernel module as well. -- Marcel Moolenaar mail: marcel@cup.hp.com / marcel@FreeBSD.org tel: (408) 447-4222 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message
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