From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 8 10:10:27 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3F484434 for ; Sun, 8 Feb 2015 10:10:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-x22a.google.com (mail-wi0-x22a.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c05::22a]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C4E4B66C for ; Sun, 8 Feb 2015 10:10:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f170.google.com with SMTP id hi2so5432295wib.1 for ; Sun, 08 Feb 2015 02:10:24 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=VYmJjEaETJggvXCSDF50xt0o4SOwz07W04GuaSxtCdQ=; b=NjwmRPq9dNMC1GuDAxFMMfMKGyolsT4/s3rL1l0f7Tqv3rNq8PrxCGStfYdnP9P+1t 321xMBN41Ka8MZpXhJHfzeWZD+q1LifD6kVG3+9CpKh32ibkG73SQkfEVOrGEiB+Z1vZ RVeuY0hZkWcpHyQIRG17wJIwWSk5fh/DOortuXGWZaah8FWQ7kelXrilwo/ufduHDeck va3rfwOssbPa6PMi+Y7nik/Ft03oMfb21w32U1sAFAWqKcjxRVEbA9wyeU5KnQO3iB8V rZxa1969k36uV5T2V671m6wd1dZE/WcU6f1JBtSgS+emzbchKmKCZkCSmGwIYKvohcFi eJNw== X-Received: by 10.180.73.40 with SMTP id i8mr22656677wiv.4.1423390224824; Sun, 08 Feb 2015 02:10:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from ernst.home (p578E3724.dip0.t-ipconnect.de. [87.142.55.36]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id fa3sm9279067wib.17.2015.02.08.02.10.23 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sun, 08 Feb 2015 02:10:23 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2015 11:10:22 +0100 From: Gary Jennejohn To: Patrick Powell Subject: Re: /compat/linux and /usr/compat/linux Message-ID: <20150208111022.4094218f@ernst.home> In-Reply-To: <54D4EF23.7050604@astart.com> References: <54D4EF23.7050604@astart.com> Reply-To: gljennjohn@gmail.com X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.11.1 (GTK+ 2.24.25; amd64-portbld-freebsd11.0) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Development of Emulators of other operating systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2015 10:10:27 -0000 On Fri, 06 Feb 2015 08:43:15 -0800 Patrick Powell wrote: > The latest linux-base appears to install into /compat, rather than > /usr/compat > > However, some FreeBSD FAQ and other documents appear to refer to > /usr/compat. > > Question: when did the move from using /usr/compat to /compat take > place (just out of curiosity)? > > Question: can linproc be in /compat/linux/proc or /usr/compat/linux/proc? > Question: if you have a /usr/compat/linux/lib directory will this be > added to the > libraries for linux emulation? > /compat has historically always been a symbolic link to /usr/compat: lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 10 Nov 25 2011 /compat -> usr/compat linprocfs on /usr/compat/linux/proc (linprocfs, local) but in my /etc/fstab I have linproc /compat/linux/proc linprocfs rw 0 0 Since /compat is a symbolic link it resolves to /usr/compat when it's used. -- Gary Jennejohn