From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 30 23:38:54 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 626F516A420 for ; Mon, 30 Jan 2006 23:38:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from infofarmer@gmail.com) Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 222C143D6D for ; Mon, 30 Jan 2006 23:38:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from infofarmer@gmail.com) Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 8so1159357nzo for ; Mon, 30 Jan 2006 15:38:49 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=qd5/d1BgG5rp201GkztTNLUtV164Dqi95nO7jX+EFBvCTT25DJoC6MaFDxLZH56uX+yhNT9aHerDtrzIT35E2pOpF0G4ugEKTbx8aDVDtgTr2BEbCZEvaM3tV8B4pOOu1ULpmKVoROr4HJuyGXnHa+FuuZYuk6EaZ5G+CSP+GVM= Received: by 10.37.20.13 with SMTP id x13mr1657908nzi; Mon, 30 Jan 2006 15:38:49 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.37.20.11 with HTTP; Mon, 30 Jan 2006 15:38:49 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 02:38:49 +0300 From: Andrew Pantyukhin To: Joel Hatton In-Reply-To: <200601301207.k0UC7Yq4054942@app.auscert.org.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <200601301207.k0UC7Yq4054942@app.auscert.org.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Which linux_base port to use? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 23:38:54 -0000 On 1/30/06, Joel Hatton wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to try a linux binary application (Arkeia backup server) under > FreeBSD R6, so naturally this means linux compatibility, but I'm a little > confused - until today I presumed that only one 'linux_base' port existed= . > A brief inspection of the Makefile for linux_base shows it to be Redhat > 7.3 level, but as 8 and 9 are available I don't know if I should choose > one of these later releases or another flavor entirely. I'm able to obtai= n > the software package for quite a few different linux distributions and > releases, and I don't need X11, so I guess I can narrow it down a little > that way as some linux_base* are more minimal than others, but I'd like > to pick the one that is most regularly maintained and least likely to cau= se > me issues down the track. > > Any suggestions? > > thanks, > -- Joel Hatton -- > Security Analyst | Hotline: +61 7 3365 4417 > AusCERT - Australia's national CERT | Fax: +61 7 3365 7031 > The University of Queensland | WWW: www.auscert.org.au > Qld 4072 Australia | Email: auscert@auscert.org.au > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" > There's a good article on linux compatibility: http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2006/01/12/Big_Scary_Daemons.html Try to stick with the default (linux_base-8), then try rh-9.