From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 27 20:16:57 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D77E416A404; Tue, 27 Mar 2007 20:16:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsam@bsam.ru) Received: from mail.kuban.ru (mail.kuban.ru [62.183.66.246]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5102E13C489; Tue, 27 Mar 2007 20:16:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsam@bsam.ru) Received: from bsam.ru ([85.172.12.131]) by mail.kuban.ru (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id l2RKGaCS049416; Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:16:46 +0400 (MSD) Received: from bsam by bsam.ru with local (Exim 4.62 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1HWI5t-0000KC-Up; Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:16:37 +0400 To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org From: Boris Samorodov Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:16:37 +0400 Message-ID: <33186202@bsam.ru> User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: Boris Samorodov Cc: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org Subject: [HEADS UP] a new EXPERIMENTAL port emulators/linux_base-fc6 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: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 20:16:57 -0000 Hi! I've just committed a new EXPERIMENTAL port emulators/linux_base-fc6. ATTENTION! The port is experimental for now. Use it at your own risk. This port may be used only with 7-CURRENT and compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.16. Said that I should admit that I've been using this port with FC4 infrastructure ports successfully at -CURRENT for about several months with following applications: - print/acroread7 - www/linux-opera - www/linux-firefox - www/linux-flashplugin7 - mail/linux-thunderbird - multimedia/linux-realplayer - net/skype (works fine but coredumps when exitting -- under investigation) - www/linux-mozilla -- doesn't run (some new... or old libraries are needed) To use/test the port (along with linux FC4 infrastructure ports) you should do: 0. Backup all your vital information! 1. Remove the current linux base port. 2. Add to your /etc/make.conf "OVERRIDE_LINUX_BASE_PORT=fc6". 3. Make sure no linux application is running. 4. Set apropriate sysctl (compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.16). 5. Install emulation/linux_base-fc6. 5a. Those who use linux ports with automatic plist building should apply the following patch: ftp://mail.ipt.ru/pub/FreeBSD/patches/bsd.linux-rpm.mk-autoplist.diff That should be enough at most circumstances. If you have difficulties, please be sure to expand item 1 to: 1a. Remove all ports which depends on linux base port. 1b. Remove linux base port. 1c. Clean /compat/linux/ directory. In case you want to get rid of the port, deinstall it, then return back compat.linux.osrelease to 2.4.2 (as usual make sure that no linux application is running) and remove from /etc/make.conf the line containing the OVERRIDE_LINUX_BASE_PORT variable. All questions, reports, suggestions etc. please route to freebsd-emulation@. Fedora Core 6 ports (FC6 infrastructure ports) are coming soon... ;-) This port wouldn't appear without netchild's help. Thank you, Alexander! WBR -- Boris Samorodov (bsam) Research Engineer, http://www.ipt.ru Telephone & Internet SP FreeBSD committer, http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve