Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 11:48:19 -0800 From: Thomas Stephens <tas@altavista.net> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: Thomas Stephens <tas@altavista.net>, Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@scc.nl>, emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux collections (was: Linux devel doesn't work with glibc libs) Message-ID: <199902041948.TAA29725@stephens.ml.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 04 Feb 1999 08:11:48 PST." <199902041611.IAA15011@dingo.cdrom.com>
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Mike Smith wrote: >> >> I think most of these problems could be solved with a script, such as >> the `linux-rpm' one used by NetBSD's linux_SuSE port. It could be >> symlinked to /compat/linux/bin/rpm. > >Please tell me how this script will arrange for the FreeBSD RPM binary >to run in "linux space". It doesn't run it `Linux space', it just runs rpm with `--root /compat/linux' (or whatever). It seems to work, but I certainly don't object to using a Linux binary (saves porting RPM as well). >Then continue to elaborate how it will guarantee that our RPM port is >synched exactly to the quirks of the particular RPM version that comes >with a given RedHat release. > >There are also problems with the way that RPM parses its arguments >which would force the script to be quite elegant in its handling of >arguments. > >Believe me, it's _much_ easier just to run the goddamn Linux binary. I believe you. :-) Thomas Stephens tas@altavista.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message
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