Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 10:25:48 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?K=F6vesd=E1n_G=E1bor?= <gabor.kovesdan@t-hosting.hu> To: kama <kama@pvp.se> Cc: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: linux_base Gentoo. Message-ID: <4462F50C.6020608@t-hosting.hu> In-Reply-To: <20060511095842.C76846@ns1.as.pvp.se> References: <20060511095842.C76846@ns1.as.pvp.se>
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kama wrote: > Why do we not use gentoo as the default linuxbase? > > Its so easy to set up, no dependencies. This is how I install it. (No > port needed) > > fetch ftp://mirror.of.choice/pub/os/gentoo/releases/x86/2006.0/stages/stage3-x86-2006.0.tar.bz2 > > mkdir /compat/linux > cd /compat/linux > tar xjpf /path/to/stage3-x86-2006.0.tar.bz2 > cp /etc/resolv.conf etc > > Thats it. > > After that you can 'chroot /compat/linux /bin/bash' and start using > emerge to install portages. I have not used emerge to compile a new kernel > and world yet. Dont know if I never will need that either. rm > /compat/linux and unpack a newer version of gentoo. > > Some things are borken. like, you cant ping from the chrooted env, but > wget works. We really need to get a updated versions of the linux > syscalls. Unfortunately I dont have the knowledge and time to get into > that work. (As most of the peoples) > > I have not tested X utils under this emulation since I dont have any > desktops running freebsd. > > I have used this setup for quite some time now (a year or so) and use it > when developing linuxbinaries. I also run gameservers with this > installation method. > > At least we will get rid of the compatibility problems with binaries not > working anymore on the old linuxbases. > > Hello, there is stage1 in the ports tree. I maintain that port and like it, too. The other linux_bases tend to segfault for me, but gentoo is fine. Maybe I will port stage2 and stage3 if I have time this summer. Gabor Kovesdan
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