Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2023 21:12:16 +0300 From: Dmitry Chagin <dchagin@freebsd.org> To: ports@freebsd.org, emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Building a Linuxulator userland from source Message-ID: <ZPdvgJifYl-HutZV@heemeyer.club> In-Reply-To: <3fn43ksmv2lgahhwnfl2e3tgrj3ydwtur54vhc4iggwx5a67tz@pxtbocitq2xy> References: <xcztahm3vu3bjghjqqxuoy2xabyjmyfq22jw6mkaaaqo7wa36s@fdq7dlvpuhlk> <i3kr2kukjwgw2xvjlzgshwe72bjpnln4lvl7prhk77nelzidm6@2g56zi3ku7ec> <d3xyk4axjo2j5xctsoolmfdbq6zk6bs3r6dbhs4dnmfjgvhj6t@zy3fuy2yyt4e> <3fn43ksmv2lgahhwnfl2e3tgrj3ydwtur54vhc4iggwx5a67tz@pxtbocitq2xy>
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On Tue, Sep 05, 2023 at 07:52:25PM +0200, Felix Palmen wrote:
> * Felix Palmen <zirias@freebsd.org> [20230901 16:55]:
> > Posting yet another status update [...]
>
> And the next one ;)
>
> First, I kind of reached a "milestone", I got multimedia/makemkv to
> build with the new userland (using the ffmpeg shared libs instead of
> linking it statically as is necessary with -c7), and it *seems* to work
> just fine \o/. Unfortunately, it still segfaults in "guiserver" mode, so
> obviously this wasn't caused by the ancient userland -> still no GUI
> here for FreeBSD :(
try ktrace/kdump id, also sysctl machdep.uprintf_signal=1
>
> But then, the bad news, it seems I'm hitting a brick wall trying to port
> gtk2 (a prerequisite for Citrix Workspace, another app I want to *try*
> to get to work). It fails building its demos, telling it can't determine
> the file type of some .png file. I assume there is some issue around
> shared-mime-info, I'm not sure yet...
>
> But now, I have the idea to once again completely restructure my new
> userland, and I'm posting it here hoping for comments from people with
> experience regarding Linuxulator:
>
> * So far, my linuxsrc_base metaport just pulls in what I thought to be a
> very minimal working GNU/Linux userland: glibc, libstdc++, libgcc,
> bash, sed, grep, awk (all the GNU flavors), openssl, coreutils, man-db
> and a few other tools. I *think* I should also add anything to "base"
> that's present in FreeBSD base.
>
> * For my 'dist' ports (additional tools and libs going to /compat/linux
> that are not part of base), I currently install them the same way as
> the 'base' ports: PREFIX /compat/linux, but a prefix of /usr passed to
> the respective build system. I now think I should change this to use a
> prefix of /usr/local instead, so the libs are (hopefully) configured
> the same way as their FreeBSD equivalents and I could drop anything
> else (man-pages, other docs, shared data, etc) and even in most cases
> binaries from the packages, maybe instead adding a runtime dependency
> to the respective FreeBSD-native port. My idea is that this should
> enable the best possible integration into the FreeBSD system, using
> anything but the libs from ${LOCALBASE}.
>
> So, any comments on these ideas?
>
> Cheers, Felix
>
> --
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