Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 20:16:26 +0200 From: Francois Tigeot <ftigeot@wolfpond.org> To: Greg Lewis <glewis@eyesbeyond.com> Cc: Lars Tunkrans <lars.tunkrans@bredband.net> Subject: Re: How I got linux emulation to work for AMD64 on RC1 Message-ID: <20041027181626.GA24520@aoi.wolfpond.org> In-Reply-To: <20041027162456.GA81485@misty.eyesbeyond.com> References: <417ECCFE.7010105@bredband.net> <20041027162456.GA81485@misty.eyesbeyond.com>
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On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 10:24:56AM -0600, Greg Lewis wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 12:17:34AM +0200, Lars Tunkrans wrote:
> > This is a step by step guide to get linux emulation to run
> > on AMD64 5.3-RC1 using the standard emulators/linux_base port.
>
> Well, it will get you Linux/ia32 emulation, not Linux/amd64 emulation.
>
> [...]
>
> > 5.) Patch /usr/ports/emulators/linux_base/Makefile with
> > Francois Tigeot's patch.
> >
> > Put the patch below in /usr/ports/emulators/linux_base/patchfile
> > run:
> >
> > # patch -p0 < patchfile
> >
> > ---------------<snip>------------------
> > --- Makefile.orig Wed Oct 6 15:13:33 2004
> > +++ Makefile Wed Oct 6 16:05:51 2004
> > @@ -110,6 +110,9 @@
> > RPM= LC_ALL=C rpm
> > RPMFLAGS= --root ${LINUXBASE} --dbpath ${DBPATH} --nodeps \
> > --replacepkgs --ignoreos --ignorearch
> > +.if (${ARCH} == "amd64")
> > +RPMFLAGS+= --noscripts
> > +.endif
>
> This explains why you need to run ldconfig later on. Essentially, judging
> from this and the brandelf lines in the ldconfig step the kernel doesn't
> automatically recognise the executables as Linux executables. Is that the
> only reason for turning scripts off or are there bigger problems with the
> pre/post install scripts?
>
> This is a hack at best and potentially results in the port not quite being
> configured correctly, depending on what the scripts actually do (most do
> little, from memory, although quite a few run ldconfig, so this may be ok).
> A more complete fix would either have the executables recognised as Linux
> executables automatically (and remove the --noscripts flag) or execute
> all the scripts in the post-install phase of the port after the brandelf
> operations.
Yes, this is a hack.
Some scripts from the glibc-2.2.4-33 rpm fail to install when run on an
amd64 machine. I have no idea why.
The scripts fail even if kern.elf32.fallback_brand is set prior to their
execution.
The above mentionned patch was just created in 5 minutes and is far from
optimal.
--
Francois Tigeot
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