Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2002 03:56:36 -0700 From: Scivitri Scarzam <scivitri@kithven.net> To: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Linux 'emulation' documentation Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20020308034555.00a79778@mail.kithven.net>
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Hello, I've been trying to install/get working Linux Binary Compatibility on my FreeBSD machine. To this end, I've been following the instructions in the neighborhood of http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/linuxemu.html and have come across rather an interesting problem. I am, of course, doing this because I have a particular Linux binary I need to run, and I'm following the documentation because, well, my Unix/BSD skills aren't what I'd consider my ideal. And, as I rather expected, once I got everything installed my app complained about a missing shared library. So, I start reading what to do when this occurs, and am struck by a rather amusing problem in your documentation. See, it assumes I have access to a Linux box, to get these shared libraries off of. And, while trying to think who I know who might possibly be running a Linux box I could get these files from, I gradually start to wonder if everyone else has both a Linux and FreeBSD box, and just likes to run their Linux programs on their BSD machine to cause themselves needless grief. Because that's about the only reason I could see for the documentation seeming to not acknowledge any other option. Anyway, that's it for my middle of the night ramblings. I'll go try and find a Linux machine now. But I thought I ought to point out this bit of oddness, in passing. :) - Scivitri To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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