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Date:      Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:35:17 +0400
From:      Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru>
To:        ross.cameron@linuxpro.co.za
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Building a linuxbase-*****
Message-ID:  <72011930@ipt.ru>
In-Reply-To: <35f70db10810211125v71572b87rcf8025cad5ee00d0@mail.gmail.com> (Ross Cameron's message of "Tue\, 21 Oct 2008 20\:25\:37 %2B0200")
References:  <35f70db10810211125v71572b87rcf8025cad5ee00d0@mail.gmail.com>

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On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:25:37 +0200 Ross Cameron wrote:

> I have a bit of an odd question and hopefully this will be the right place
> to ask (please bare with me)........

> I'd like to know how to build a Linuxulator OS image of a custom GNU/Linux
> distro I've inherited the maintenance of.
>     On top of this distro several binary only applications are run.

> HOWEVER I'd like to take advantage of the fBSD 7 kernel and IP_Filter in the
> next release,... while maintaining compatibility with the Linux API/ABI.

> Does anyone have some pointers as to where to find some /GOOD/ docs on how
> to build the Linuxulator "linuxbase-****" packages???

I'm not aware of such docs.

If you need a custom linux_base-XXX package then use those packages
that contains binaries (don't forget to brandelf them) and libraries
(don't brandelf them) you need. Take a look at those linux_base ports
(available at the ports tree) as an example.


WBR
-- 
bsam



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