From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 13 15:55:49 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2B2B16A4CE for ; Fri, 13 Aug 2004 15:55:49 +0000 (GMT) Received: from gromit.dlib.vt.edu (gromit.dlib.vt.edu [128.173.49.29]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66F4B43D1F for ; Fri, 13 Aug 2004 15:55:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu) Received: from hawkwind.Chelsea-Ct.Org (pool-151-199-91-61.roa.east.verizon.net [151.199.91.61]) by gromit.dlib.vt.edu (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i7DFtkXj037335 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 13 Aug 2004 11:55:48 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu) Received: from [192.168.1.25] (zappa [192.168.1.25])i7DFtevI027992; Fri, 13 Aug 2004 11:55:40 -0400 (EDT) From: Paul Mather To: Rob DeMarco In-Reply-To: <20040813120110.A0D1116A4E0@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20040813120110.A0D1116A4E0@hub.freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1092412538.52356.43.camel@zappa.Chelsea-Ct.Org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 11:55:39 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Running Mozilla FireBird 6.1.6 Under Linux Emulation On FreeBSD 4.10 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 15:55:50 -0000 On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 04:03:01 +0000, Rob DeMarco wrote: > I wanted to run Mozilla FireBird 6.1.6 under Linux emulation so > that I could use the Flash plugin. I installed linux_base-6.1_6 > from the 4-stable packages directory and downloaded FireBird. But > FireBird required a later version of Linux emulation (7.???) that > I could only find in the 5-stable directory. > > Will Linux emulation be updated for FreeBSD 4-stable? I assume > I can't install the latest version since it's apparently for 5.0 > and later. I am using linux_base-8-8.0_4 on my FreeBSD 4.10-STABLE system, so I can confirm that it is possible to use something more recent that linux_base-6. (In fact, the default linux_base is 7.) It looks like you have the emulators/linux_base package already installed, but it is back from when 6, not 7 used to be the default. You should be able to use portupgrade to upgrade your linux_base-6.1_6 to a more recent version. This does assume you have the ports tree installed (and preferably up to date via cvsup) under /usr/ports... If you don't have portupgrade (sysutils/portupgrade), then you should install it. It's really useful! Cheers, Paul. -- e-mail: paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu "Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid." --- Frank Vincent Zappa