From owner-freebsd-current Thu Jan 28 08:58:09 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA10912 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Thu, 28 Jan 1999 08:58:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles198.castles.com [208.214.165.198]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA10842; Thu, 28 Jan 1999 08:58:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA04657; Thu, 28 Jan 1999 08:26:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199901281626.IAA04657@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: asami@FreeBSD.ORG (Satoshi Asami) cc: lh@aus.org, jcwells@u.washington.edu, current@FreeBSD.ORG, steveo@iol.ie Subject: Re: Netscape | Mozilla In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 28 Jan 1999 03:12:37 PST." <199901281112.DAA69718@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 08:26:42 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > * From: Luke > > * linux_lib port. [why does it install into / anyways] > > You can put it anywhere and symlink to it, like sysinstall does now, > but it has to be called "/compat" (or some other well-known place) > because of the implementation. The string "/compat/linux" has to be > hardcoded in the linux emulator binary. (If we move it to > "/usr/local/compat", people who use LOCALBASE other than "/usr/local" > will be screwed, etc.) > > I know, I tried to change it before until I realized that it's not > that easy. Install it in $PREFIX/compat and then make a symlink from /compat to ${PREFIX}/compat. This only fails if you then install the SVR4 stuff with a different ${PREFIX}, which will screw you anyway. 8) -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message