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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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