Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:05:11 +0100 From: Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net> To: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> Cc: mueller6727@bellsouth.net, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linux compatibility with more than one Linux installed? Message-ID: <20111130090511.GJ74668@e-new.0x20.net> In-Reply-To: <s53caujvhg2sr8bc8m5hsi3v.1322576835875@email.android.com> References: <s53caujvhg2sr8bc8m5hsi3v.1322576835875@email.android.com>
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--4wkndigzIeYF6Hbg Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 03:27:15PM +0100, Alexander Leidinger wrote: > Hi, >=20 > you can install the gentoo linux-dist in parallel to the default > linux-base. Gentoo will be in /usr/local, not in /compat/linux. As > such you have to manually start programs there via chroot. This means > you do not have access to you FreeBSD files like normally, except you > do null-mounts into the gentoo area. It also means your experience > will not be as "integrated" as with the defaut linux-base (the > linux-base port does some effort to integrate FreeBSD config files and > installed resources like fonts). >=20 > Just switching between them, like changing a symlink, is theoretically > possible, but the gentoo linux-dist port is not designed for this kind > of integration. It's a linux-"dist" port, not a linux-"base" port. What is it good for, then? --4wkndigzIeYF6Hbg Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk7V8ccACgkQKc512sD3afjdRACgmI8tFCcstquLb1riTCScXdTM 5O4An1p6+xskmTQZ9nws0JAE+32kV1H+ =8Mwg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --4wkndigzIeYF6Hbg--
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