From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 19 07:31:22 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D11237B401 for ; Sat, 19 Apr 2003 07:31:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mired.org (ip68-97-54-220.ok.ok.cox.net [68.97.54.220]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7AFDA43FDF for ; Sat, 19 Apr 2003 07:31:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mwm-dated-1051194681.e4dbce@mired.org) Received: (qmail 28926 invoked from network); 19 Apr 2003 14:31:21 -0000 Received: from localhost.mired.org (HELO guru.mired.org) (127.0.0.1) by localhost.mired.org with SMTP; 19 Apr 2003 14:31:21 -0000 Received: by guru.mired.org (tmda-inject, from uid 100); Sat, 19 Apr 2003 09:31:20 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <16033.23992.286514.81619@guru.mired.org> Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2003 09:31:20 -0500 To: Rob Lahaye In-Reply-To: <3EA13B3E.4090809@snu.ac.kr> References: <3EA13B3E.4090809@snu.ac.kr> X-Mailer: VM 7.07 under 21.1 (patch 14) "Cuyahoga Valley" XEmacs Lucid X-face: "5Mnwy%?j>IIV\)A=):rjWL~NB2aH[}Yq8Z=u~vJ`"(,&SiLvbbz2W`; h9L,Yg`+vb1>RG% *h+%X^n0EZd>TM8_IB;a8F?(Fb"lw'IgCoyM.[Lg#r\ From: Mike Meyer X-Delivery-Agent: TMDA/0.74 (Citation) cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: linux_base 6.x vs. 7.x ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2003 14:31:22 -0000 In <3EA13B3E.4090809@snu.ac.kr>, Rob Lahaye typed: > The "linux base" seems to come in two flavors: 6.x and 7.x. > Am I supposed to choose? Yes, but clues as to which one to choose are provided. > If yes, what are the criteria to choose one or the other? 6 is red had 6, 7 is red hat 7. Use the one that you get with the port linux_base. The one that is linux_base_ is either an old version kept around for some reason, or a development version. > If no, does one then need both for full linux compatiblity? Just one of them will do. Given the names, you want linux_base, which is 7. Since that's the most recent red hat, that's probably the one that will cause you the least grief and work with everything you want the longest. http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent Network/Unix/Perforce consultant, email for more information.