Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 09:10:36 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Stefan Zehl <sec@yoda.pi.musin.de> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Staroffice 4.0 sp3 running Message-ID: <199806291610.JAA00380@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 29 Jun 1998 13:20:02 %2B0200." <19980629132002.A13667@yoda.pi.musin.de>
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> Hi, > > I just managed to install Staroffice 4.0sp3. > > It requires the file /proc/<pid>/cmdline to run. Amazingly enough, it seems that Linux doesn't actually have /proc/curproc, which would have made this a lot simpler. > I have just added (an dummy-version of) cmdline in my local copy of > procfs, but I remember that there was some talk, not to 'bloat' procfs > with such things. The real issue is that the Linux and FreeBSD procfs' have different semantics. > I'm basdically asking now, which route do we want to take ? > an addition to our procfs ? an seperate linux-procfs ? We need a separate linux-procfs as part of the linux emulator; it should mount itself on /compat/linux/procfs. If you're interested in taking this on (please!), I'm sure we can arrange any support that you might need. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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