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From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net>
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Quoting "Andrew Pantyukhin" <infofarmer@FreeBSD.org> (Sun, 28 Jan 2007 18:35:30 +0300):

> I'm porting a simple util requiring aio(4). My plan is
> to install a wrapper script which includes rc.subr(8)
> and uses its required_modules mechanism.
> 
> If anyone has a better idea, please tell me.

Just tell at port/package install time the requirement. Every linux
program needs the linux module or the corresponding kernel option. If
the code is not available at runtime, the user will get an error. Unix
is not for dump people, so I don't think we need this low-level
hand-holding.

Bye,
Alexander.

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