Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 12:22:16 +0100 From: Chris Howells <howells@kde.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: linux emulation: "/ " resolves to real root dir; why ? Message-ID: <200410221222.28097.howells@kde.org> In-Reply-To: <20041022131342.W95775@gwdu60.gwdg.de> References: <4178DBA0.8050605@icyb.net.ua> <20041022131342.W95775@gwdu60.gwdg.de>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Friday 22 October 2004 12:18, Konrad Heuer wrote: > Linux binaries often need to access files outside the emulation directory > tree, just think of data files in the user's homes when running > applications like acroread, linux-mozilla, staroffice etc. So you > absolutely need to break out. Yes. For example, on amd64, currently the only way to run openoffice is by running the linux32 version through the compat layer. And it is nice to open and save the documents in my home directory.... -- Cheers, Chris Howells -- chris@chrishowells.co.uk, howells@kde.org Web: http://chrishowells.co.uk, PGP ID: 0x33795A2C KDE/Qt/C++/PHP Developer: http://www.kde.org [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBBeO10F8Iu1zN5WiwRAjkDAJ9RTNpte/1KslfBsmA3fbziO7DvwgCeIMyw cHx3os8tau5MW1NCO9zelYg= =Bnu0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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