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From: Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru>
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prad <prad@towardsfreedom.com> writes:
> On Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:47:21 +0300
> Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru> wrote:
>
>> emulators/linux_dist-gentoo-stage* are used for this.
>>
> so what i should do then is install one of the 3 dist-gentoo-stages?

Chroot to linux directory and compile the needed program.

> or do these work the same way as the gentoo stages - i seem to recall i
> just did gentoo from stage 2 or 3 many years ago.
>
> will this give me the gentoo emerge environment?
>
> will this be a separate /compat/linux directory from what i got when i
> simply put on linux-opera?
>
> is there a wiki on linux emulation anywhere?

You'd have better chances if you ask those questions at
freebsd-emulation@ ML.


WBR
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