Date: 12 Nov 1998 15:59:24 -0600 From: Joel Ray Holveck <joelh@gnu.org> To: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Cc: dfr@nlsystems.com, sos@freebsd.dk, n@nectar.com, nate@mt.sri.com, kkennawa@physics.adelaide.edu.au, dnelson@emsphone.com, rivers@dignus.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: linux software installation and uname Message-ID: <867lx0r2rn.fsf@detlev.UUCP> In-Reply-To: Steve Kargl's message of "Thu, 12 Nov 1998 07:49:57 -0800 (PST)" References: <199811121549.HAA05341@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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>>> What about install scripts that reside on cdroms? You can't magically
>>> edit a cdrom install script unless unionfs works.
>> I'm not talking about editing a script. I'm talking about:
>> PATH=/compat/linux/bin:/compat/linux/usr/bin:${PATH} ; make install
> Echo: What about install scripts that reside on cdroms? You can't magically
> edit a cdrom install script unless unionfs works.
> #! /bin/sh
> PATH=/cdrom:/foo:/bar
> export PATH
> ...
> rest of script
You can copy the script to a different directory and execute it from
there. If you have a full /compat/linux, you may be able to chroot to
that and not worry about the path. You can set the path to include
/compat/linux before executing your install scripts.
I have heard no proposals that could magically look at a given install
script and determine whether it is for Linux or FreeBSD, and handle
uname correctly. Until I do, I will assert that any install script
must be run with some changes to the environment-- although not the
script. You set the path, THEN run the script from the install
cd-rom. I do not see any possible way to handle all Linux install
scripts out of the box, unless you want to run Linux.
Happy hacking,
joelh
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