From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Mar 4 15:16:55 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id PAA08049 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 4 Mar 1996 15:16:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id PAA08044 for ; Mon, 4 Mar 1996 15:16:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id JAA14544; Tue, 5 Mar 1996 09:50:03 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199603042320.JAA14544@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Linux IDL running under -current! To: handy@sag.space.lockheed.com (Brian N. Handy) Date: Tue, 5 Mar 1996 09:50:02 +1030 (CST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, nate@sri.MT.net, hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Brian N. Handy" at Mar 4, 96 03:05:16 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Brian N. Handy stands accused of saying: > > > Well, having had a _very_ short and satisfying conversation with RSI's > > technical support people, I'm extremely pleased to announce that > > the Linux version of RSI's IDL (Interactive Data Language) is working > > properly under FreeBSD-current. > > Whoa! Will have I have to make any changes to anythings (I remember > uname being mentioned once) to get this working, or is this now a box > stock "Install -current and the Linuxulator and go"? This machine was installed as : - Install 2.1R (bin,manpages,info,dict) and XFree86. - rdist -current source tree - make world, kernel with 'options LINUX' - reboot - install linux lib stuff (genver wants these) - install IDL. Edit all scripts in /usr/local/rsi/idl/bin and add a case for "FreeBSD" next to the "Linux" cases. - run genver, get key from RSI - create Linux-style /compat/linux/etc/host.conf, reads "order hosts,bind" - run IDL The 'uname' hack isn't so great, as the IDL scripts are run by your normal sh, so unless you alias-wrap everything, you still lose. A small hack to the shellscripts is much more civil. > Brian -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[