From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 6 03:08:00 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEF70106566C for ; Wed, 6 May 2009 03:08:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from imedmobility.com (host-50.216-16-29.iw.net [216.16.29.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91E278FC15 for ; Wed, 6 May 2009 03:08:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from midco.net (host-67-54-107-208.midco.net [208.107.54.67]) by imedmobility.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 399A31173C4D for ; Tue, 5 May 2009 22:07:59 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <4A00FF04.1050209@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 05 May 2009 22:07:48 -0500 From: Adam Vande More User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090408) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <23399213.post@talk.nabble.com> In-Reply-To: <23399213.post@talk.nabble.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: carefull confirm on using linux_base-fc8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 May 2009 03:08:01 -0000 vuthecuong wrote: > Hi all > I just did a clean install of freebsd 7.2 final release (I not enable linux > compatibility during install). > In first boot, I enabled linux compatibilitty with linux_base-fc8 as below: > ==================================== > Add linux_enable=”YES” to /etc/rc.conf. > Add compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.16 to /etc/sysctl.conf. > Add OVERRIDE_LINUX_BASE_PORT=f8 to /etc/make.conf. > Add this line to /etc/fstab: > linproc /usr/compat/linux/proc linprocfs rw 0 0 > mkdir -p /usr/compat/linux/proc > mount /usr/compat/linux/proc > /etc/rc.d/abi start > /etc/rc.d/sysctl start > cd /usr/ports/emulators/linux_base-f8 && make install clean > ==================================== > > When 'make install clean' in port 'linux_base-f8', I saw that it retrieved > files (rpm etc) from > fc8 directory on the net. However, when I install net/skype, I saw that it > retrieved files (rpm etc) > from fc4 on the net (sorry for my bad English). > (I still not installed X yet so I cannot very fied my skype will run fine or > not). > So my question is: is it normal or abnormal when 'make install ' retrieved > files (rpm etc) > from fc4, not from fc8 althought I already enabled linux_base-f8? > > If it is abnormal, how can I solve it? > Thanks and regards > > If you intend on using f8, you'll want entries like this in /etc/make.conf USE_LINUX_BASE_PORT=f8 USE_LINUX_NONBASE_PORTS=f8 OVERRIDE_LINUX_BASE_PORT=f8 OVERRIDE_LINUX_NONBASE_PORTS=f8 That and other useful information can always be found in /usr/ports/UPDATING