From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Nov 11 22:01:37 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA00964 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 11 Nov 1998 22:01:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from detlev.UUCP (tex-126.camalott.com [208.229.74.126]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA00956 for ; Wed, 11 Nov 1998 22:01:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from joelh@gnu.org) Received: (from joelh@localhost) by detlev.UUCP (8.9.1/8.9.1) id AAA18341; Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:01:00 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from joelh) To: Steve Kargl Cc: dfr@nlsystems.com, sos@freebsd.dk, n@nectar.com, nate@mt.sri.com, kkennawa@physics.adelaide.edu.au, dnelson@emsphone.com, rivers@dignus.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: linux software installation and uname References: <199811110512.VAA01354@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> From: Joel Ray Holveck Date: 12 Nov 1998 00:00:59 -0600 In-Reply-To: Steve Kargl's message of "Tue, 10 Nov 1998 21:12:44 -0800 (PST)" Message-ID: <86n25xih5w.fsf@detlev.UUCP> Lines: 23 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.5/Emacs 20.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >> I have yet to hear of any solutions that don't require a hack to the >> install procedure (eg, setting an environment variable). Unless >> somebody comes up with an idea that would magically detect what >> environment a given script wants, I would recommend putting a Linux >> uname in /copmat/linux where it belongs, and the install procedure's >> PATH can have /compat/linux ahead of /. This is easy to implement, >> keeps the core of FreeBSD pure, and paves the way for future >> similarities. > What about install scripts that reside on cdroms? You can't magically > edit a cdrom install script unless unionfs works. I'm not talking about editing a script. I'm talking about: PATH=/compat/linux/bin:/compat/linux/usr/bin:${PATH} ; make install Happy hacking, joelh -- Joel Ray Holveck - joelh@gnu.org Fourth law of programming: Anything that can go wrong wi sendmail: segmentation violation - core dumped To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message