Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1999 17:20:25 -0800 (PST) From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: jkh@zippy.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Cc: tomdean@ix.netcom.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: rc.conf and linux=yes Message-ID: <199901090120.RAA93191@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <42188.915842454@zippy.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at "Jan 8, 1999 4:40:54 pm"
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According to Jordan K. Hubbard: > > Why is 'linux_enable="YES"' the default in rc.conf? > > Dammit, I thought nobody would notice. ;) > > I switched it on because too many people are reading the online > FreeBSD hype where it says "Runs your Linux binaries!" and loading > something like Star Office up, only to have it fall over kicking with > a very non-descriptive error message (sending them straight to USENET > or IRC with general complaints). As obvious as it may sound to you or > I, typing "linux" once in order to be able to run linux binaries until > the next reboot just isn't obvious to Joe Average User (nor, to state > the obvious, is /etc/rc.conf), and for the cost of one small module, > it seemed a major increase in FreeBSD's out-of-box functionality. You > grab a linux binary off the net and it Just Works. Is that so > terrible a thing to want? :-) Statically linked binaries Just Work. Otherwise, Joe Average User still needs: cd /usr/ports/emulators/linux_lib make install -- Steve finger kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu http://troutmask.apl.washington.edu/~clesceri/kargl.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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