Date: Sun, 25 May 1997 19:35:58 +0200 From: Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr> To: "FreeBSD Current Users' list" <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Weird behaviour from the Linux emulator Message-ID: <19970525193558.22470@keltia.freenix.fr>
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The Linux emulator has a weird idea of the filesystem, mixing the real one with the one rooted at /compat/linux. To see this, open Acroread (or any other Linux application), open "/" and then goes to "/usr". Watch now the program displaying everything that's in "/compat/linux/usr" instead of the real "/usr"... I understand the need to shadow the real filesystem but it should be done only for the search for libraries/binaries, not for every open(2) call. I don't know how to fix it but it makes some applications hard -- if not impossible -- to use. I found it when a Linux backup program ended up confused about the filesystem and couldn't complete any backup. -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: There are no limits -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 3.0-CURRENT #10: Fri May 23 22:47:39 CEST 1997
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