Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 11:46:49 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> To: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@scc.nl> Cc: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/emulators/linux-base-5.2 - Imported sources Message-ID: <19990708114649.A67400@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <3784953E.20F2005E@scc.nl>; from Marcel Moolenaar on Thu, Jul 08, 1999 at 02:10:38PM %2B0200 References: <6514.931435144@axl.noc.iafrica.com> <3784953E.20F2005E@scc.nl>
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> > > ports/emulators/linux-base-5.2 - Imported sources ..snip.. > The reasons I see are: > 1) The directory is named the same as the port > 2) I hope to import a linux-base-6.0 in the near future > I think there's an advantage in having both *-5.2 and *-6.0 present in the > tree since I can't guarantee that Red Hat 6.0 supports all Linux binaries At at minimum the ports should be renamed ``linux-base-RH52'' and ``linux-base-RH60''. We don't have "."'s in our ports directories, and I personally don't want to start now. And put "RH" in the name so we know it is RH that these version numbers apply to. Why do we need two ports?? I want Linux emulation, I don't want to have to know if I need RH52 compatibility (which is really a libc5 issue) or RH60 (which is really a glibc2 issue). I don't which I need for Linux Netscape or Linux Acroread and I *don't* want to know. I want to install a set of libs,etc. that will work for what ever Linux thing thrown at me. > Come on... what's really the problem here? Why complain now when you > had every opportunity to complain when I posted my "why, how, when, > what, etc, etc..." in freebsd-emulation? Because you are now in "Ports world" and this is the first the Porters have heard of this as we all don't read freebsd-emulation. freebsd-ports would reach the people you are now getting feedback from. -- -- David (obrien@NUXI.com -or- obrien@FreeBSD.org) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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