From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Nov 10 22:45:50 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA08274 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 10 Nov 1998 22:45:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from troutmask.apl.washington.edu (troutmask.apl.washington.edu [128.95.76.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA08260 for ; Tue, 10 Nov 1998 22:45:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu) Received: (from sgk@localhost) by troutmask.apl.washington.edu (8.9.1/8.8.8) id VAA01354; Tue, 10 Nov 1998 21:12:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sgk) From: Steve Kargl Message-Id: <199811110512.VAA01354@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Subject: Re: linux software installation and uname In-Reply-To: <86k913hy3q.fsf@detlev.UUCP> from Joel Ray Holveck at "Nov 10, 1998 6:28: 9 pm" To: joelh@gnu.org (Joel Ray Holveck) Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 21:12:44 -0800 (PST) Cc: dfr@nlsystems.com, sos@freebsd.dk, n@nectar.com, nate@mt.sri.com, kkennawa@physics.adelaide.edu.au, dnelson@emsphone.com, rivers@dignus.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL43 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG According to Joel Ray Holveck: > >>> Why would we not put a real linux uname(1) in /compat/linux/usr/bin? > >>> This is an emulation issue. Why impact the BSD userland sources? > >> Hear hear!! > > I imagine that the install script is run by /bin/sh, not > > /compat/linux/bin/sh so it will get the regular /usr/bin/uname > > whatever is present in /compat/linux/usr/bin. > > I have yet to hear of any solutions that don't require a hack to the > install procedure (eg, setting an environment variable). Unless > somebody comes up with an idea that would magically detect what > environment a given script wants, I would recommend putting a Linux > uname in /copmat/linux where it belongs, and the install procedure's > PATH can have /compat/linux ahead of /. This is easy to implement, > keeps the core of FreeBSD pure, and paves the way for future > similarities. > What about install scripts that reside on cdroms? You can't magically edit a cdrom install script unless unionfs works. -- Steve finger kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu http://troutmask.apl.washington.edu/~clesceri/kargl.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message