Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 09:59:56 -0700 (PDT) From: ed hudson <elh@spnet.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: ports/30935: pips sc880 - needs to have syvr4 support enabled - print an advisory to user at install ? Message-ID: <200109301659.f8UGxuw09020@freefall.freebsd.org>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
>Number: 30935 >Category: ports >Synopsis: pips sc880 - needs to have syvr4 support enabled - print an advisory to user at install ? >Confidential: no >Severity: critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-ports >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Sep 30 10:00:03 PDT 2001 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: ed hudson >Release: 4.4-STABLE >Organization: self >Environment: FreeBSD m44.spnet.com 4.4-STABLE FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE #0: Fri Sep 14 17:20:39 PDT 2001 >Description: pips-sc880 works great - but not out of the box with the current install. if svr4 support is not enabled, then pips binaries just core dump. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: install should print out a 'turn on svr4 in /etc/rc.conf' or something. alternatively, maybe a different error message could be sent to syslog by the kernel if it detects a required emulation mode to run a binary. in particular (a usefull fix for linux and svr4 binaries in general) >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200109301659.f8UGxuw09020>