Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 21:13:11 +0100 From: Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl> To: Charles Howse <chowse@charter.net> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: REPOST: null device in linux jail root Message-ID: <20031216201311.GK45616@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> In-Reply-To: <200312161315.07121.chowse@charter.net> References: <200312161315.07121.chowse@charter.net>
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--Fba/0zbH8Xs+Fj9o Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 01:15:07PM -0600, Charles Howse wrote: > Surely, *someone* who reads this list has upgraded the linux_base port, a= nd=20 > figured out the proper way to respond to this prompt. I apply for item A but not item B -- in other words, I also don't have a cl= ue why this happened to me today on my -CURRENT machine (so it's not -STABLE only). From my reading of the port Makefile, it appears that it first creat= es the device node and then tests to see if it exists, but apparently that test fails -- the message *should* be harmless, but the best thing to do is to make the maintainer of the port aware of the problem, which in this case is the general ports list (ports@FreeBSD.org) -- CC'd. --Stijn [rest of email quoted for reference, but please don't top post next time] > ___________________________________________ >=20 > Hi, >=20 > I installed Linux compatibility when I installed FBSD 4.8, but I've never= =20 > really done anything with it. >=20 > While portupgrading , I was presented with a prompt that I don't know how= to=20 > respond to: >=20 > You need to create the null device in your jail root environment. > Run the following commands outside the jail root environment, > and then press enter: > mkdir -m 0755 -p <Jail Root dir>/dev > rm -f <Jail Root dir>//compat/linux/dev/null > mknod <Jail Root dir>//compat/linux/dev/null c 2 2 > chmod 666 <Jail Root dir>//compat/linux/dev/null >=20 > I found that this prompt comes from the makefile in the linux-base port, > which I don't have access to at the moment, so I can't quote it exactly. >=20 > Clueless, I just pressed enter at the prompt, thinking I could always go = back=20 > and do it later, or deinstall the port and reinstall it when I learn what= to=20 > do. ? >=20 > I know what a jail is, but how do I know what my <Jail Root dir> is? > Also, why the double slashes in the last 3 lines? ?What do they mean? >=20 > What is the proper way to deal with this prompt? >=20 > --=20 > Thanks, > Charles --=20 "Linux has many different distributions, meaning that you can probably find one that is exactly what you want (I even found one that looked like a Unix system)." -- Mike Meyer, from a posting at questions@freebsd.org --Fba/0zbH8Xs+Fj9o Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/32dXY3r/tLQmfWcRAqAsAKCsT6clVDgvBfbbtqb+Ktox3YowfACcDuMj XnL4jwYj0dFFXg6tvN9yl3s= =S/So -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Fba/0zbH8Xs+Fj9o--
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