Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 18:30:04 +0200 From: Robert Klein <RoKlein@roklein.de> To: Pete French <pfrench@firstcallgroup.co.uk> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 'which' and installing Linux software on -STABLE Message-ID: <200307241830.04993.RoKlein@roklein.de> In-Reply-To: <E19fiVj-000E9u-00@mailhost.firstcallgroup.co.uk> References: <E19fiVj-000E9u-00@mailhost.firstcallgroup.co.uk>
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On Donnerstag, 24. Juli 2003 18:00, Pete French wrote: > Has anyone else had frustrating problems with the use of > 'which' in Linux mode ? I have some SUN software which I am > trying to install. I am running Linux bash to run the install > script - running 'uname' returns 'Linux' > > But the SUn code does 'which uname' to get the path to 'uname' > before running it. the ;which' command is a bash builtin, and > this returns the '/usr/bin/uname' command rather than > '/bin/uname'. Thus it runs /usr/bin;uname, egts the answer > 'FreeBSD' and refuses to install. > > Any ideas ? I did a search on this but didnt come up with any > answers. Put /compat/linux/bin at the beginning of your PATH environment variable for the installation. Regards, Robert
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