From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 21 08:41:43 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D96D106564A for ; Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:41:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsam@ipt.ru) Received: from services.ipt.ru (services.ipt.ru [194.62.233.110]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD45B8FC14 for ; Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:41:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsam@ipt.ru) Received: from gate.ipt.ru ([194.62.233.123] helo=h30.sp.ipt.ru) by services.ipt.ru with esmtp (Exim 4.54 (FreeBSD)) id 1MTAur-0005B1-6B; Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:41:41 +0400 To: Chris Timmons References: <20090720164237.K25579@n.cwu.edu> From: Boris Samorodov Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:41:40 +0400 In-Reply-To: <20090720164237.K25579@n.cwu.edu> (Chris Timmons's message of "Mon\, 20 Jul 2009 16\:50\:29 -0700 \(PDT\)") Message-ID: <23781883@h30.sp.ipt.ru> User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.3 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: linux_base on 7-Stable for linux-oracle-instantclient? X-BeenThere: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Development of Emulators of other operating systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:41:43 -0000 On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:50:29 -0700 (PDT) Chris Timmons wrote: > Would anyone care to suggest an appropriate linux_base port for > supporting the linux-oracle-instantclient port(s)? > In present-day 7-Stable are there grave caveats for forcing Linux 2.6 > syscall compatibility to use one of the more recent -fc base systems? The default (and recommended) port for 7.x is linux_base-fc4. > We are trying to get a reasonable Perl interface on FreeBSD into > Oracle; any other suggestions welcome. Other possibility for 7.x is linux_base-f8. It isn't a default though and one should read /usr/ports/UPDATING as well as this maillist archieves for details how to upgrade a linux base port. -- WBR, bsam