Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 22:45:57 +0100 (CET) From: Søren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk> To: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith) Cc: bartol@salk.edu, mike@smith.net.au, Graeme.Cross@sci.monash.edu.au, emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux RPM on FreeBSD, anyone doing this? Message-ID: <199812222145.WAA05334@freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: <199812222135.NAA00866@dingo.cdrom.com> from Mike Smith at "Dec 22, 1998 1:35:21 pm"
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It seems Mike Smith wrote: > > Why all the trouble, how about: > > > > rpm -i --ignoreos --root /compat/linux /path/to/the/rpm/packages > > > > That works for the Oracle senario.... > > Because, if you'd been following the thread, you'd have discovered that > rpm is called out of the IBM DB2 installer binary. 8) Rename rpm to rpm.org make shellscript rpm that does what I wrote above. > Your observation about needing an RPM database for the installed > components in the linux_lib port is spot-on too; this is going to be a > prerequisite for linux_lib 2.7 I think. I mailed Eric to see if he had > a list of libraries that he normally includes somewhere; failing that I > guess it's just going to be time to sit down with a new RedHat CDROM. Yup, and then one should be able to upgrade etc with all the hassles that the linsux world has in that department :) > One other question - have you tried using the Linux 'rpm' binary? It > segfaults on what seems to be exiting, but I can't see any reason for > it... Hmm, no, I've used the ports one, but I'll look at it... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Søren Schmidt (sos@freebsd.org) FreeBSD Core Team member To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message
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