Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 12:38:28 +0000 From: Niall Smart <rotel@indigo.ie> To: Johan Larsson <johan@moon.pp.se>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux emulation problem Message-ID: <199804131138.MAA00754@indigo.ie> In-Reply-To: Johan Larsson <johan@moon.pp.se> "Re: Linux emulation problem" (Apr 13, 9:11am)
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On Apr 13, 9:11am, Johan Larsson wrote: > Niall Smart <rotel@indigo.ie> wrote: > > I just noticed that if you create /compat/linux/foo as a symlink > > to /etc then linux binaries get the contents of the "real" /etc, > > however I consider this to be broken and have send-pr'd it. > > Why? This seems to be the right thing to do. If you want to make a > symlink you either have to do one relative in the compat tree or > absolut to /usr/compat/linux.... Yes, that makes sense, I'll cancel that PR. Those semantics are weird, but probably the least weird given that you might wish to access /etc instead of /usr/compat/etc using a linux binary. Niall -- Niall Smart. Microsoft Suck. See www.freebsd.org for details. echo "#define if(x) if(!(x))" >> /usr/include/stdio.h To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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