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Subject: Re: enable linux compatibility
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Well, personally I use linux_base-8.. but you can use whichever suits your 
needs.. exactly what linux binaries are you attempting to run on this 
system?

T

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dick Hoogendijk" <dick@nagual.st>
To: "Thomas Foster" <tbonius@comcast.net>
Cc: "freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 2:04 AM
Subject: Re: enable linux compatibility


> On 29 Jan Thomas Foster wrote:
>> Try downloading a linux binary or installing a linux based application
>> from ports.. if you do not get any elf binary errors then yo umost
>> likely have the linux compatibility enabled correctly.  The only other
>> thing to watch for are any programs that might require linprocfs
>
> My FreeBSD-4.11R system gives me on "portupgrade linux_base" an upgrade
> to some RH-7.3 linux release. Lots of other ports seem to relate to
> linux_base-8. If I deinstall linux_base, WHAT other port package do I
> really need (want). There is lots of them nowadays (redhat, debian,
> suse; I lost track..)
>
> -- 
> dick -- http://nagual.st/ -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE
> ++ Running FreeBSD 4.11 ++ FreeBSD 5.3
> + Nai tiruvantel ar vayuvantel i Valar tielyanna nu vilja
>