From owner-freebsd-java Thu May 10 9:51:59 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from priv-edtnes10-hme0.telusplanet.net (mtaout.telus.net [199.185.220.235]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2647A37B422 for ; Thu, 10 May 2001 09:51:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from npapke@acm.org) Received: from localhost.telus.net ([216.232.236.201]) by priv-edtnes10-hme0.telusplanet.net (InterMail vM.4.01.03.10 201-229-121-110) with ESMTP id <20010510165151.PBTM26101.priv-edtnes10-hme0.telusplanet.net@localhost.telus.net>; Thu, 10 May 2001 10:51:51 -0600 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.telus.net (8.11.3/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f4AGpki23324; Thu, 10 May 2001 09:51:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from npapke@acm.org) Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 09:51:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Norbert Papke Reply-To: Norbert Papke To: Andrzej Bialecki Cc: Markus Holmberg , Subject: Re: Baffled: Linux JDK 1.3.0 Port In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20010510094708.Y23199-100000@localhost.telus.net> Organization: Archaeological Filing MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org BINGO!!! I had a symlink in /compat/linux/usr to /usr/home. (I remember needing it quite some time ago to make some Linux executables find my home directory.) Anyway, I deleted the symlink and now it works. Thanks to everybody for your help. -- Norbert Papke. npapke@acm.org On Thu, 10 May 2001, Andrzej Bialecki wrote: > Folks, > > I don't experience either, but I'd like to just draw your attention to > certain behaviour of the emulation layer, which might cause the confusion. > > Namely, the Linux process using the emulation layer (e.g. the shell that > .javawraper uses), when looking for a file or directory, it first > traverses the hierarchy with root in /compat/linux/, and if it finds the > matching filename there, it just looks no longer in the real / . So, if > you accidentally have the filename that matches the one you look for, > located in /compat/linux/, it will be picked up instead. > > -- > > Andrzej > > // ---------------------------------------------------------------- > // Andrzej Bialecki , Chief System Architect > // WebGiro AB, Sweden (http://www.webgiro.com) > // ---------------------------------------------------------------- > // FreeBSD developer (http://www.freebsd.org) > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message