Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 01:06:39 +0000 From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@cup.hp.com> To: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: "(Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami)" <asami@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, "David E. O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/emulators/linux_base Makefile Message-ID: <38AC9B1F.2525BB7E@cup.hp.com> References: <XFMail.000218110319.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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Daniel O'Connor wrote: > > On 18-Feb-00 Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami wrote: > > I agree. The kernel looks for linux files in /compat/linux, and > > that's where the port should install it. Whether /compat/linux is a > > symlink to /usr/compat/linux or someplace else is not the port's > > business. > > If someone really cares to move it, then they could add a systcl which tells > the emulator where to look, and the port can read that when it installs.. Hmmm... Not such a bad idea, although linuxulator sysctls are only present in -current and not -stable, which means that such a sysctl can only be added to -current without major impact. We're already experiencing some strubbles on -stable wrt to linux mode that I'm not really in a hurry widening the gap between -current and -stable even more. On the contrary... -- Marcel Moolenaar mail: marcel@cup.hp.com / marcel@FreeBSD.org tel: (408) 447-4222 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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