From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 9 08:17:49 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: emulation@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EBBB16A41F for ; Fri, 9 Sep 2005 08:17:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from www.ebusiness-leidinger.de (jojo.ms-net.de [84.16.236.246]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF86243D46 for ; Fri, 9 Sep 2005 08:17:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from Andro-Beta.Leidinger.net (p54A5D9F0.dip.t-dialin.net [84.165.217.240]) (authenticated bits=0) by www.ebusiness-leidinger.de (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j8986p9i017784; Fri, 9 Sep 2005 10:07:03 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Andro-Beta.Leidinger.net (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j898GlZ0095489; Fri, 9 Sep 2005 10:16:47 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from pslux.cec.eu.int (pslux.cec.eu.int [158.169.9.14]) by netchild.homeip.net (Horde MIME library) with HTTP; Fri, 09 Sep 2005 10:16:47 +0200 Message-ID: <20050909101647.saopph7c4kwgg4ck@netchild.homeip.net> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 10:16:47 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger To: Vladimir Grebenschikov References: <1126169430.1104.15.camel@localhost> <20050908110403.71c0c5fd.lists@yazzy.org> <20050908185053.4c9b7015@Magellan.Leidinger.net> <1126251832.1107.6.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <1126251832.1107.6.camel@localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.0.3) / FreeBSD-4.11 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new Cc: emulation@freebsd.org, Marcin Jessa Subject: Re: bad dependance on -> linux_base while upgrade X-BeenThere: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Development of Emulators of other operating systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 08:17:49 -0000 Vladimir Grebenschikov wrote: Removing current@ from CC. > ? ??, 08/09/2005 ? 18:50 +0200, Alexander Leidinger ?????: >> There's no autodetection of the used linux_base version. We have a >> default linux_base and everything is supposed to work with only this >> version. Everything else is pure luck (or good "upward-compatibility" >> of the linux ports, but this isn't required). > > Probably we should register same dependence as we check ? > I mean we check existence of /compat/linux/etc/redhat-release as > dependence, > Then check related port: > # pkg_which /compat/linux/etc/redhat-release > linux_base-rh-9 > # > And then register valid dependence. This would result in the expectation that every linux port (or at least most ports) are able to run with every linux_base. We can't guarantee this. So we require to make the override explicit. This way the user has to live with the decission he decided to make. Bye, Alexander. -- http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID = B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID = 72077137 A is for Apple. -- Hester Pryne