From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 11 18:34:01 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4BFD9D24 for ; Wed, 11 Feb 2015 18:34:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lwfs1-cam.cam.lispworks.com (mail.lispworks.com [46.17.166.21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 809BB86E for ; Wed, 11 Feb 2015 18:33:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from higson.cam.lispworks.com (higson.cam.lispworks.com [192.168.1.7]) by lwfs1-cam.cam.lispworks.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id t1BINYWb045931; Wed, 11 Feb 2015 18:23:34 GMT (envelope-from martin@lispworks.com) Received: from higson.cam.lispworks.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by higson.cam.lispworks.com (8.14.4) id t1BINXHB009348; Wed, 11 Feb 2015 18:23:33 GMT Received: (from martin@localhost) by higson.cam.lispworks.com (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id t1BINXdp009344; Wed, 11 Feb 2015 18:23:33 GMT Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 18:23:33 GMT Message-Id: <201502111823.t1BINXdp009344@higson.cam.lispworks.com> From: Martin Simmons To: Kevin Oberman In-reply-to: (message from Kevin Oberman on Tue, 10 Feb 2015 18:12:43 -0800) Subject: Re: /compat/linux and /usr/compat/linux References: <54D4EF23.7050604@astart.com> <20150208111022.4094218f@ernst.home> <54DA6B4B.6080708@astart.com> Cc: gljennjohn@gmail.com, freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Development of Emulators of other operating systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 18:34:01 -0000 >>>>> On Tue, 10 Feb 2015 18:12:43 -0800, Kevin Oberman said: > > On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 2:54 PM, Chris H wrote: > > > On Tue, 10 Feb 2015 12:34:19 -0800 Patrick Powell > > wrote > > > > > On 02/08/15 02:10, Gary Jennejohn wrote: > > > > On Fri, 06 Feb 2015 08:43:15 -0800 > > > > Patrick Powell wrote: > > > > > > > >> The latest linux-base appears to install into /compat, rather than > > > >> /usr/compat > > > >> > > > >> However, some FreeBSD FAQ and other documents appear to refer to > > > >> /usr/compat. > > > >> > > > >> Question: when did the move from using /usr/compat to /compat take > > > >> place (just out of curiosity)? > > > >> > > > >> Question: can linproc be in /compat/linux/proc or > > /usr/compat/linux/proc? > > > >> Question: if you have a /usr/compat/linux/lib directory will this be > > > >> added to the > > > >> libraries for linux emulation? > > > >> > > > > /compat has historically always been a symbolic link to /usr/compat: > > > > > > > > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 10 Nov 25 2011 /compat -> usr/compat > > > > > > > > linprocfs on /usr/compat/linux/proc (linprocfs, local) > > > > but in my /etc/fstab I have > > > > linproc /compat/linux/proc linprocfs rw 0 > > 0 > > > > > > > > Since /compat is a symbolic link it resolves to /usr/compat when it's > > > > used. > > > > > > > # uname -a > > > FreeBSD astart2.astart.com 9.3-RELEASE-p9 FreeBSD 9.3-RELEASE-p9 #0: Tue > > > Jan 27 10:43:40 UTC 2015 > > > root@amd64-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 > > > > > > # ls -l / |grep compat > > > > > > drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 512 Dec 3 14:41 compat > > > > > > # ls -l /usr |grep compat > > > drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 512 Nov 21 21:06 compat > > > > > > Note that neither /compat or /usr/compat are symbolic links. > > Interesting. On a RELENG_9 (9.3-STABLE); I only return > > /compat > > no linux, or compat available in /usr > > So what's the *real* story behind all this? > > > > > ls -ld /compat > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 11 Feb 8 09:18 /compat@ -> /usr/compat > > It is NOT created by the OS or any port, as far as I know. FWIW, the pre-9.0 installer (sysinstall) creates /usr/compat with /compat linked to it, but it bsdinstall doesn't. See http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-emulation/2011-December/009339.html __Martin