Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2014 17:07:13 -0400 From: Ajtim <lumiwa@gmail.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, Johannes Meixner <xmj@chaot.net> Subject: Re: [CFT] Replace Fedora 10 with CentOS 6.5 as Base Linux distro. Message-ID: <2139156.Sm9KXYJibZ@lumiwa.farms.net> In-Reply-To: <20140309114429.9b571374615a7268b9b4fc85@yamagi.org> References: <20140306131629.GC15325@mx12.chaot.net> <20140309114429.9b571374615a7268b9b4fc85@yamagi.org>
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On Sunday 09 March 2014 11:44:29 Yamagi Burmeister wrote: > Hello, > thank's for your hard work. :) I gave it a try today. Installation > (into a clean chroot) was unproblematic. While I didn't test Skype > or Flash I can confirm that several Linux games are now running out > of the box without manual upgrading of libraries like libstdc++ or > libc. > > Regards, > Yamagi > > On Thu, 6 Mar 2014 15:16:29 +0200 > > Johannes Meixner <xmj@chaot.net> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I've been working on replacing the base linux distribution (currently > > rusty old Fedora 10) with CentOS 6.5, likewise for about two dozen > > non-base ports - mostly requirements of either net-im/skype4 or > > www/linux-c6-flashplugin11. > > > > I mentioned that before on the -emulation@ mailinglist and got very > > helpful > > feedback. > > > > As I've run out of issues to fix and would like to reach a wider audience > > for these ports, I'd appreciate if you could help me test it some more. > > > > To do that, you can either: > > * download the txz from http://xmj.me/freebsd/linux-ports.txz > > * download the diff from http://xmj.me/freebsd/linux-ports.diff.xz > > > > * clone my git repo; https://github.com/xmj/linux-ports/ (preferred) > > > > and copy/apply them to your portstree. > > > > In order to get either Skype 4.2.0.13 or Flash running, you can follow the > > instructions listed on > > > > https://github.com/xmj/linux-ports/blob/master/README.md > > > > I hope they're by now sufficient to allow you to follow them "blindly". If > > not, I appreciate feedback here on the mailing list as well as > > Issues/Pull requests. > > > > Best regards and have fun testing, > > > > Johannes Thanks from me too. It works perfect on FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE (amd64) installed on iMac 11,1. Also Flash plugin works great. Thank you. -- ajtiM -------- http://www.redbubble.com/people/lumiwa
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