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Date:      Mon, 27 May 2002 22:55:05 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Jerry Murdock <jerry_murdock@yahoo.com>
To:        Mark Smith <msmith@beta.tricity.wsu.edu>
Cc:        Mark Smith <msmith@beta.tricity.wsu.edu>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: bynari with linux emulation?
Message-ID:  <20020528055505.25710.qmail@web14604.mail.yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <200205280429.VAA04066@beta.tricity.wsu.edu>

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--- Mark Smith <msmith@beta.tricity.wsu.edu> wrote:
> > > I downloaded it and am looking at it...  They don't use the linux
> > > RPM installation stuff.  Nope, it's basicly a tarball.  I'm not sure I
> > > like that trying to run with linux emulation.  I may pull it apart and
> > > see what makes it tick.
> > > 
> > This may be basic, but a few tips to consider if trying to run Linux based
> > install scripts I've learned from getting some linux stuff working...
> > 
> > 1: They may be looking for Redhat style rc.d/init.d directory structures,
> which
> > you may need to create.
> > 2: Run any install scripts using the linux sh.
> > 3: Make sure you have the linux versions installed of any utilities needed
> by
> > the scripts.  If not, something like "cat" may dump info in (or look in)
> /path
> > instead of /compat/linux/path. 
> > 
> > I usually start off with a copy of the linux sh with the path set
> explicitly to
> > the "/compat/linux/..." variants so that hopefully the fbsd versions won't
> be
> > found.  
> > 
> > Scripts that hard code paths can still grab the FBSD versions though.  
> 
> The hard coded paths problem is what I'm worried about.  
> 
> I guess I'll just have to dump the system to tape.  Not like that's
> a bad thing. ;)
> 

A simple grep for "bin" goes a long way towards finding hard coded path
problems.  At that point it's usually just a matter of grabbing the rpms and
installing any missing utilities.

Jerry


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