Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 00:52:01 +0100 From: Nik Clayton <nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk> To: Alex Zepeda <garbanzo@hooked.net> Cc: Nik Clayton <nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk>, Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@scc.nl>, obrien@FreeBSD.ORG, Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/emulators/linux-base-5.2 - Imported sources Message-ID: <19990712005201.A53739@catkin.nothing-going-on.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9907111551410.275-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org>; from Alex Zepeda on Sun, Jul 11, 1999 at 03:52:35PM -0700 References: <19990711221226.A32601@catkin.nothing-going-on.org> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9907111551410.275-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org>
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On Sun, Jul 11, 1999 at 03:52:35PM -0700, Alex Zepeda wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Jul 1999, Nik Clayton wrote:
>
> > FreeBSD is a "better Linux than Linux", not a "better Linux than Redhat".
> > Are there any circumstances where a (for example) Debian binary might not
> > run with Redhat libs installed (or a SuSE binary, or a Caldera binary,
> > or whatever)?
>
> Sure, and I can think of two reasons off the top of my head:
>
> * If it depends on libraries compiled with a specific compiler or a
> certian libc
>
> * If it depends on a specific file system layout (this is the only thing
> that might be distribution dependant).
That being the case, shouldn't we make sure the Linux emulation allows
for this, by making sure that the directory and/or file names are very
explicity about mentioning the Linux distribution/version number they
are appropriate for.
Implicit defaults have a nasty habit of turning around and biting you at
the most inopportune moments.
N
--
[intentional self-reference] can be easily accommodated using a blessed,
non-self-referential dummy head-node whose own object destructor severs
the links.
-- Tom Christiansen in <375143b5@cs.colorado.edu>
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