From owner-freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 26 01:30:05 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93F7016A4CF for ; Sun, 26 Dec 2004 01:30:05 +0000 (GMT) Received: from useful.dataloss.nl (useful.dataloss.nl [80.84.249.161]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BC7F243D46 for ; Sun, 26 Dec 2004 01:30:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from peter@dataloss.nl) Received: (qmail 97404 invoked by uid 1001); 26 Dec 2004 01:30:03 -0000 Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 02:30:03 +0100 From: Peter van Dijk To: Mark Linimon Message-ID: <20041226013003.GP39302@dataloss.nl> References: <200412260108.iBQ18EtD080694@sjalotje.home.liessa.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i cc: freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/75499: USE_LINUX checks for RedHat, not for any Linux install X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Ports bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 01:30:05 -0000 On Sat, Dec 25, 2004 at 07:23:10PM -0600, Mark Linimon wrote: > On Sun, 26 Dec 2004, Peter van Dijk wrote: > > >Fix: > > Change the relevant line in Mk/bsd.port.mk to read: > > RUN_DEPENDS+= ${LINUXBASE}/bin/sh:${PORTSDIR}/emulators/linux_base > > Unfortunately emulators/linux_base _is_ the RedHat install (of 7.1), > so this patch does not completely solve the problem. It's not a complete solution but it takes away a lot of breakage for linux_base-debian users, whose current solution is creating a bogus redhat-release file just to fool some ports. > There are changes currently being tested to update the default Linux > base to Redhat 8 (IIRC) for 4.11 (if the regression tests pass). There > is discussion of a further patch to more fully generalize being able to > support different linux_bases by default, that would follow that commit. That sounds good. Is this patch, if it exists already, available anywhere right now? > So, there is active work in this area, but the next window for a possible > commit is going to be early January due to the QA/release cycle. I understand. I'm looking forward to any enhancements you might commit. Cheers, Peter -- peter@dataloss.nl | ~ tonight tonight, what is this potion http://blog.dataloss.nl/ | ~ that makes a fool of me UnderNet/#clue | Wayfinder, fr-025 soundtrack