From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Nov 9 10:02:27 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA00927 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Mon, 9 Nov 1998 10:02:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.204.136.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA00919 for ; Mon, 9 Nov 1998 10:02:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id TAA06131; Mon, 9 Nov 1998 19:02:06 +0100 (CET) Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id TAA15509; Mon, 9 Nov 1998 19:02:06 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <19981109190205.46567@follo.net> Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 19:02:05 +0100 From: Eivind Eklund To: Steve Kargl , Nate Williams Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: linux software installation and uname References: <199811091713.KAA04612@mt.sri.com> <199811091746.JAA10366@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i In-Reply-To: <199811091746.JAA10366@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>; from Steve Kargl on Mon, Nov 09, 1998 at 09:46:42AM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Nov 09, 1998 at 09:46:42AM -0800, Steve Kargl wrote: > I am not claiming that my suggested solution is the best solution. > But, we can't ignore the problem exists. At this point time, the > Portland Group has no intention of supporting a native FreeBSD version > of their software. I suspect other commerical vendors will have a > similar attitude (particularly if they know about FreeBSD's linux > emulation). Which is why they should have the LINUX VERSION check for either FreeBSD or Linux. The other option is to create a ports category 'commercial' that is a set of ports of commercial software, to get it to install correctly. It can't be built as packages normally, of course, but it would provide a very nice way of installing and supporting commercial software. Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message