Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:10:07 GMT From: Scot Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com> To: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/142837: [patch] emulators/linux_base-* packages fails to install when linux.ko is not installed Message-ID: <201001220010.o0M0A7FM070654@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/142837; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Scot Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com> To: Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru> Cc: bug-followup@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports/142837: [patch] emulators/linux_base-* packages fails to install when linux.ko is not installed Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:08:44 -0600 On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 4:54 PM, Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru> wrote: > Scot, thanks for the patch. Really there is no consystency. ;-) > However, I'm not sure if the proposed behavior is desirable. > I.e. if a port loads kernel module but the system is not configured > to do it at next reboot, then a user may got very surprised. Esp. > if previous uptime was several months... > The pkg-message informs the user to add linux_enable to rc.conf to enable Linux mode permanetly. If they don't pay attention to the pkg-message it is their fault for not enabling it. ;-) Scot
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