From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 18 18:22:47 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: emulation@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B279516A474 for ; Sun, 18 Jun 2006 18:22:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsam@ipt.ru) Received: from mail.ipt.ru (mail.ipt.ru [80.253.10.82]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 097B543D5C for ; Sun, 18 Jun 2006 18:22:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bsam@ipt.ru) Received: from doc.sem.ipt.ru ([192.168.12.1] helo=srv.sem.ipt.ru) by mail.ipt.ru with esmtp (Exim 4.54 (FreeBSD)) id 1Fs1uv-000Gvv-Qm; Sun, 18 Jun 2006 22:22:37 +0400 Received: from bsam by srv.sem.ipt.ru with local (Exim 4.62 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1Fs1vI-000Elc-66; Sun, 18 Jun 2006 22:23:00 +0400 To: linimon@lonesome.com (Mark Linimon) References: <20060616085950.po4m4yfj4g0w8880@netchild.homeip.net> <58371182@srv.sem.ipt.ru> <20060616185513.GB839@soaustin.net> <15486674@srv.sem.ipt.ru> <20060616192943.GC2775@soaustin.net> From: Boris Samorodov Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 22:23:00 +0400 In-Reply-To: <20060616192943.GC2775@soaustin.net> (Mark Linimon's message of "Fri, 16 Jun 2006 14:29:43 -0500") Message-ID: <83300923@srv.sem.ipt.ru> User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: emulation@freebsd.org, Alexander Leidinger Subject: Re: HEADS-UP: new default linux base port 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: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 18:22:47 -0000 On Fri, 16 Jun 2006 14:29:43 -0500 Mark Linimon wrote: > Here's an idea. > Let's try to update the Handbook with some text but say "see bsd.port.mk > for the current default linux_base, which is the one the ports team > supports the best." > That way, everything but the current value of the thing is in the Handbook. > That way, we don't have to have the Handbook possibly lagging the actual > value, when we commit to bsd.port.mk and then forget to modify the Handbook. Agreed. Here is the patch: ----- Index: chapter.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /home/ncvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/linuxemu/chapter.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.131 diff -u -r1.131 chapter.sgml --- chapter.sgml 30 May 2006 23:08:24 -0000 1.131 +++ chapter.sgml 18 Jun 2006 18:10:56 -0000 @@ -172,7 +172,9 @@ corresponding to different versions of various Linux distributions. You should install the port most closely resembling the requirements of the Linux applications you would like to - install. + install. See bsd.port.mk for the current default linux_base, + which is the one the ports team supports the best. + ----- But since bsd.linux.mk file is not the simplest one to read ;-) I propose the next patch: ----- Index: bsd.port.mk =================================================================== RCS file: /home/ncvs/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk,v retrieving revision 1.534 diff -u -r1.534 bsd.port.mk --- bsd.port.mk 16 Jun 2006 04:53:43 -0000 1.534 +++ bsd.port.mk 18 Jun 2006 18:17:18 -0000 @@ -1669,6 +1669,9 @@ LINUX_BASE_PORT= ${LINUXBASE}/etc/redhat-release:${PORTSDIR}/emulators/linux_base . else . if ${USE_LINUX:L} == "yes" +# +# Here is the current default linux_base port +# LINUX_BASE_PORT= ${LINUXBASE}/etc/fedora-release:${PORTSDIR}/emulators/linux_base-fc4 . else IGNORE= There is no emulators/linux_base-${USE_LINUX}, perhaps wrong use of USE_LINUX or OVERRIDE_LINUX_BASE_PORT. ----- WBR -- Boris B. Samorodov, Research Engineer InPharmTech Co, http://www.ipt.ru Telephone & Internet Service Provider