Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 09:50:09 -0800 From: Thomas Stephens <tas@altavista.net> To: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@scc.nl> Cc: emulation@FreeBSD.ORG, Thomas Stephens <tas@altavista.net> Subject: Re: Linux devel doesn't work with glibc libs Message-ID: <199902031750.RAA21765@stephens.ml.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 03 Feb 1999 12:56:55 %2B0100." <36B83987.19E8F638@scc.nl>
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Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > >I don't if I'm the right person and I don't know if I have the resources, >especially time, but I do know that Linux emulation is very important for >FreeBSD and that we get nowhere if we're all waiting for someone to do >something... so let's talk :-) Yes, very important. I'm currently using Linux emulation to run ksh because I couldn't find a native version (ksh93, not pdksh). >I have some raw ideas. I assume you have some ideas too. I guess a lot of >people have a lot of ideas... Let's work it out so that we (or I) can *do* >something. > >Currently I don't use the ports-collection. I've downloaded Red Hat 5.2 >packages and installed them. I even ported ps(1) [it was needed for Oracle >Application Server]. I think we should build the Linux environment from Red >Hat packages. The ports-collection should hold special ports (like ps and >other kernel/fs-dependent tools). I agree a Linux environment built from packages would be an improvement. I'd personally prefer SuSE, but I suppose most of the major companies (such as Oracle) support Red Hat. There is actually a linux_SuSE port in the NetBSD collection, which is managed though RPMs. It requires rpm-2.5.4, which is in the NetBSD collection as well, and I was able to get both installed on FreeBSD with only a few changes. I bypassed the dependency check because of my lack of experience with ports, but I imagine it would be easy to fix that. I haven't contacted the maintainer of this port (tron@netbsd.org), but perhaps it would be a good starting point? >The biggest downside to this is that such a solution requires too much >Linux-related knowledge. I do not want the FreeBSD user to burn their fingers >on Red Hat packages. So maybe we should indeed offer some prefab >collections... Regards, -tas To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message
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