Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1999 08:08:08 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com> To: charon@freethought.org, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: port of linux libs Message-ID: <199903081308.IAA05286@lakes.dignus.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19990307222433.00a3ae70@mail>
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> > I'm using 3.1-RELEASE and trying to install linux_lib-2.6.1 by way of port, > but the port directory looks for linux_lib-2.6 and won't accept the > slightly newer version. Is there any way (short of upgrading to -STABLE) > of getting this to work? Thanks, > > In the past; I've been able to upgrade the linux libraries simply by finding a linux machine and copying them over. And, I've done this before as well - ftp to redhat.com and grab the libraries from their distribution. All you likely need to do is place them in the correct location on your FreeBSD box. However, once, there were some changes needed to linux emulation to using newer linux libraries... although, I don't believe that's the case for this small increment... - Dave Rivers - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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