Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 13:23:51 +0930 (CST) From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: Mohit Aron <aron@cs.rice.edu> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, (Dan Feldman) <protozoa@locutus.ghs.ssd.k12.wa.us> Subject: Re: FreeBSD kernel as a replacement for Linux kernel Message-ID: <XFMail.000524132351.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <200005240348.WAA09825@noel.cs.rice.edu>
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On 24-May-00 Mohit Aron wrote: > But seriously, I think the problem can be fixed with a more transparent > interface for Linux programs. Rather than requiring Linux libraries to be > put > in /compat/linux, it would be much easier if everything could be put in > /usr/lib. Which probably means having the SAME interface as Linux. Why would somthing like that happen? I don't particularly want some Linux guy inventing a new library which has the same name as a system library and then spamming something vital in /usr/lib If its in /compat/linux at least its segregated, and doesn't screw something vital up. --- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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