From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 30 11:23:23 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C41051065673 for ; Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:23:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dnebdal@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iy0-f182.google.com (mail-iy0-f182.google.com [209.85.210.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90A588FC14 for ; Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:23:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iakl21 with SMTP id l21so992990iak.13 for ; Wed, 30 Nov 2011 03:23:23 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=gLUuvGdR6LwX2jxoiQW2ylwh898YDy0b+UvTDJUDRbE=; b=o0WAXEOrb/6Z2k0PG7hI017iN9ugSQanl+Ma4k/BFiBxqevv/swa86usg+6AH4fCzt 999kfs7iPhQhYyhhhct5ozKTIDMIzJX2gB0+dReFNrAqSAsJwRMeMZAXNX0tXPbOKuRx gtEPFTzVIu4ay5HFwrBofbOeG2Fho98PzftXw= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.50.194.229 with SMTP id hz5mr1804374igc.36.1322652202945; Wed, 30 Nov 2011 03:23:22 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.231.211.78 with HTTP; Wed, 30 Nov 2011 03:23:22 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20111130090511.GJ74668@e-new.0x20.net> References: <20111130090511.GJ74668@e-new.0x20.net> Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:23:22 +0100 Message-ID: From: Daniel Nebdal To: Lars Engels Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: Alexander Leidinger , mueller6727@bellsouth.net, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linux compatibility with more than one Linux installed? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:23:23 -0000 On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 10:05 AM, Lars Engels wrote: > On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 03:27:15PM +0100, Alexander Leidinger wrote: >> Hi, >> >> 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). >> >> 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? I'd guess it's useful if you want to build or install some more complicated linux software, since you can use portage to handle the installed software on the linux side independent of the FreeBSD side (and you get to use portage to install linux packages). Much the same idea as the debootstrap one, I guess. :) -- Daniel Nebdal