From owner-freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Fri Sep 30 21:13:03 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4FC6C04D16 for ; Fri, 30 Sep 2016 21:13:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tijl@freebsd.org) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (unknown [127.0.1.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8ED4F99E for ; Fri, 30 Sep 2016 21:13:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tijl@freebsd.org) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id 8E344C04D15; Fri, 30 Sep 2016 21:13:03 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: emulation@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DBBCC04D14; Fri, 30 Sep 2016 21:13:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tijl@freebsd.org) Received: from mailrelay103.isp.belgacom.be (mailrelay103.isp.belgacom.be [195.238.20.130]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "relay.skynet.be", Issuer "GlobalSign Organization Validation CA - SHA256 - G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CE55799D; Fri, 30 Sep 2016 21:13:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tijl@freebsd.org) X-Belgacom-Dynamic: yes X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: =?us-ascii?q?A2AjCAAQ1O5X/9SdgG1dGgEBAQECAQEBA?= =?us-ascii?q?QgBAQEBgz0BAQEBAR5JDnykMJYpIIV+AoFdPBEBAgEBAQEBAQFeJ0EMhBUBAQQ?= =?us-ascii?q?6HCMQCxgJJQ8qHgYTiFG7YwEBAQEBAQEDAQEBAQEBHAWLDYoiAQSZeIYniUBxj?= =?us-ascii?q?wtIjCaDfjQghQ08NINmhBUBAQE?= Received: from 212.157-128-109.adsl-dyn.isp.belgacom.be (HELO kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org) ([109.128.157.212]) by relay.skynet.be with ESMTP; 30 Sep 2016 23:11:50 +0200 Received: from kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org (kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org [127.0.0.1]) by kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id u8ULBmj5066488; Fri, 30 Sep 2016 23:11:50 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from tijl@FreeBSD.org) Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2016 23:11:48 +0200 From: Tijl Coosemans To: David Wolfskill Cc: emulation@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to migrate from ports/emulators/linux_base-c6 to linux_base-c7? Message-ID: <20160930231148.71e7190c@kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org> In-Reply-To: <20160930203021.GA1069@albert.catwhisker.org> References: <20160930203021.GA1069@albert.catwhisker.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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: Fri, 30 Sep 2016 21:13:03 -0000 On Fri, 30 Sep 2016 13:30:21 -0700 David Wolfskill wrote: > Per ports/UPDATING entry 20141215, I have been using > emulators/linux_base-c6 on my laptop for some time. > > I recently noticed that ports/emulators/linux_base-c7 now exists (as of > r421391: 2016-09-05 13:10:30 -0700 (Mon, 05 Sep 2016)). > > On the other hand, while I count 76 "linux{,base}-c6*" ports (as > of ports/head @422979), I only see a single "linux{,_base}-c7*" port -- > ports/emulators/linux_base-c7 itself. > > Scanning through ports/UPDATING, the most recent entry on > emulators/linux* is the above-cited 20141215, and the previous entry > (20141209) is the latest entry to document a process for migrating from > one Linux emulation infrastructure to another. I believe a few of the > particular it cites may well be rather out-of-date. > > So I'm wondering: > * At what point might it be ... reasonable ... to consider migrating > from linux_base-c6 to linux_base-c7? > > * Are there any particular steps to take to accomplish such a migration? We are still working on the other c7 ports: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D7886