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Date:      Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:42:06 +0200
From:      Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net>
To:        Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru>
Cc:        freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org, Willy Picard <picard@kti.ae.poznan.pl>
Subject:   Re: net/skype, linux_base-fc6 and the missing linux-alsa-lib...
Message-ID:  <20080429104206.966715vjspapthls@webmail.leidinger.net>
In-Reply-To: <06495214@ipt.ru>
References:  <20080428204301.GB78357@copernic.kti.ae.poznan.pl> <06495214@ipt.ru>

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Quoting Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru> (from Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:14:25 +0400)=
:

> Well, there is a PR about the case:
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=3Dports/122826
> You may use a patch from this PR.
>
> But I'm not sure if it will be committed (I'm not speaking about f8

I don't think it will hurt if the fix for fc6 is committed. There are =20
users out there which already use the experimental 2.6.16 support, and =20
it would make their life easier.

> case). The thing is that linux_base-fc{5,6} and linux_base-f7 were
> ports to test FreeBSD with sysctl compat.linux.osrelease=3D2.6.16
> and let the kernel development improve. Now the kernel development
> is close to switch to osrelease=3D2.6.16 by default at CURRENT. And
> only linux_base-f8 (or later) may become a default at CURRENT and
> later releases.
>
> Note: almost all linuxolator changes where merged from 8-CURRENT to
> 7-STABLE. But I'm not sure if the default compat.linux.osrelease is
> ever changed to 7.x.

That's a good question. I before we get some data how the transition =20
from 2.4 to 2.6 in -current works out or the users, we can not give an =20
answer.

Bye,
Alexander.

--=20
Hope not, lest ye be disappointed.
=09=09-- M. Horner

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