From owner-freebsd-emulation Thu Feb 4 12:02:37 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA12126 for freebsd-emulation-outgoing; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 12:02:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from stephens.ml.org (cm2081634025.ponderosa.ispchannel.com [208.163.40.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA12113 for ; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 12:02:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tas@stephens.ml.org) Received: from stephens.ml.org (localhost.loc [127.0.0.1] (may be forged)) by stephens.ml.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id TAA29725; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 19:48:20 GMT (envelope-from tas@stephens.ml.org) Message-Id: <199902041948.TAA29725@stephens.ml.org> To: Mike Smith cc: Thomas Stephens , Marcel Moolenaar , emulation@FreeBSD.ORG From: Thomas Stephens Subject: Re: Linux collections (was: Linux devel doesn't work with glibc libs) In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 04 Feb 1999 08:11:48 PST." <199902041611.IAA15011@dingo.cdrom.com> Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 11:48:19 -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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