Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 09:33:34 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@scc.nl> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Matlab 5.3 Message-ID: <199906161633.JAA00923@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 16 Jun 1999 02:41:51 %2B0200." <3766F2CF.B98F1EDD@scc.nl>
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> Mike Smith wrote: > > > > > I've seen this before. I think it's because the way /compat/linux is > > > overlayed on top of /. I hope to be able to address it in the near future. > > > Anyway, I'm glad it all worked out. Maybe this could lead to a HOWTO??? > > > > Just speaking of layering, can we lose /compat/linux/tmp in your new > > packages? It makes temporary-file rendezvous between Linux-space and > > BSD-space programs fail, eg. when printing from Netscape. > > We need a /tmp under /compat/linux for rpm. Some packages assume there is a > /tmp. Also, Staroffice 5.1 extracts its installer in /tmp. This could be > problematic if the root partition is not that big (for example with the > default FreeBSD partitioning scheme). > > I originally didn't want a /tmp under /compat/linux, but found out the hard > way that we can't do without. We can't do with it either. Are you running stuff chrooted inside /compat/linux? If not, why doesn't the regular /tmp work? If you are, can you delete it when you're done? -- \\ The mind's the standard \\ Mike Smith \\ of the man. \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ -- Joseph Merrick \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message
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