Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2013 09:30:36 +0000 From: "Thomas Mueller" <mueller6724@bellsouth.net> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Cc: amdmi3@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Use of sysutils/pacman in FreeBSD? Message-ID: <3F.1A.16377.C3E11E15@hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com>
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> Well, there's ArchBSD project (http://archbsd.net/), and pacman may > be used to install packages from it (to quickly set up a jail, for > example, as FreeBSD world is just another package there). > However, the original reason I've ported it was to be able to install > a genuine linux distribution into a chroot, as linux_base* from ports > are outdated to complete uselessness. Unfortunately, that didn't work > because our linuxulator is outdated as well: recent linux binaries > either demand higher kernel version or (if compat.linux.osrelease is > bumped) segfault. If that issue is resolved (I've heard there's > some work on linuxulator ongoing), pacman will be ready for installing > ArchLinux into jail/chroot. > > would it be used to add packages to an Arch Linux installation while > > running from FreeBSD? > That too, but it's currently impossible, as it needs to run linux > binaries in the chroot, while they doesn't really run. -- > Dmitry Marakasov . 55B5 0596 FF1E 8D84 5F56 9510 D35A 80DD F9D2 F77D > amdmi3@amdmi3.ru ..: jabber: amdmi3@jabber.ru http://www.amdmi3.ru Thanks for response. So I guess it can't be used for its intended purpose unless one wants to use an outdated Linux kernel. I also looked for Gentoo portage in the ports but didn't find it. But again, Gentoo portage wouldn't be useful unless one wants to use an outdated Linux kernel. With rather new computer hardware, I don't really want anything outdated. I am curious to see how pacman and the Arch Build System work, though I am held back by hostile Arch Linux emailing lists and fora. Tom
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