Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:52:15 +0100 From: Alex Dupre <ale@FreeBSD.org> To: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> Cc: Chuck Robey <chuckr@chuckr.org>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com> Subject: Re: Linux executable picks up FreeBSD library over linux one and breaks Message-ID: <4762989F.9070507@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20071213100821.bet532peog8g488s@webmail.leidinger.net> References: <1196470143.4750af7f6accf@webmail.rawbw.com> <4752F825.8020505@chuckr.org> <20071203144159.irjelm2c0c8o8csw@webmail.leidinger.net> <47544B5A.9080903@chuckr.org> <20071205122123.phwu6uh7jksgcwk8@webmail.leidinger.net> <4760A7FE.9070409@chuckr.org> <20071213100821.bet532peog8g488s@webmail.leidinger.net>
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Alexander Leidinger ha scritto: > To achieve this goal we have 2 possibilities, either we install > everything into LINUXBASE and install a wrapper in LOCALBASE, or we > install everything in a safe location in LOCALBASE. The first part > requires that the maintainers of the linux program play some tricks in > their port (plist and/or Makfile). If they fail to do this, it increases > the load of portmgr from time to time (build failures on the build > cluster). In the second case (install into a safe place in LOCALBASE), > portmgr is out of the loop, as if something goes wrong, the port > maintainer and/or emulation@ is asked for help, as it is a bug of the port. I admit that probably I'm using only one or two linux applications and I've never created a linux port, but I think the right way is the former possibility, the latter seems a hack to me. It could be harder for unexperienced maintainers, but once we defined the correct way to add a wrapper in LOCALBASE (and put it in the porter's handbook), I think the work for maintainers/committers should be quite easy. What are the other issues that make the former solution so difficult? -- Alex Dupre
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