From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 29 15:13:13 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A194D106567B for ; Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:13:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsam@ipt.ru) Received: from services.ipt.ru (services.ipt.ru [194.62.233.110]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AACB8FC28 for ; Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:13:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsam@ipt.ru) Received: from bb.ipt.ru ([194.62.233.89]) by services.ipt.ru with esmtp (Exim 4.54 (FreeBSD)) id 1Jfck3-000JLW-Ka; Sat, 29 Mar 2008 18:13:11 +0300 To: Bernd-Michael Ruhe References: <20080329065645.GA1054@laotse.fqdn.th-h.de> <83695790@bb.ipt.ru> <20080329145813.GA1522@laotse.fqdn.th-h.de> From: Boris Samorodov Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 18:10:59 +0300 In-Reply-To: <20080329145813.GA1522@laotse.fqdn.th-h.de> (Bernd-Michael Ruhe's message of "Sat\, 29 Mar 2008 14\:58\:13 +0000") Message-ID: <17619836@bb.ipt.ru> User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.0 Handbook 6.2.4 Firefox, Mozilla Macromedia Flash plugin X-BeenThere: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:13:13 -0000 Hi Michael, please don't top-post (fixed) and keep emulation@ (restored) CCed. On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:58:13 +0000 Bernd-Michael Ruhe wrote: > * Boris Samorodov [2008-03-29 16:31:45 +0300]: > > On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 06:56:45 +0000 Bernd-Michael Ruhe wrote: > > > > > when checking /usr/ports/emulators/linux_base I find different versions: > > > > > - linux_base-f7 > > > - linux_base-fc4 > > > - linux_base-fc6 > > > - linux_base-gentoo-stage1-3 > > > > > what is the right version to apply to avoid issues? > > > > You should install none of them. Install the (linux application) port > > you need instead and the port's (infrastructure) system will do the > > right thing. > thanks for the advice, but what exactly do you mean by installing "linux > application" port? I seems that this port is not in my > /usr/ports/....... I mean if you need to run an Acrobat Reader then go to PORTSDIR/print/acroread7 and install it. Or you may use packages. The apropriate linux base port will be installed. In general if one have a question like "which linux base port should I install" then then (s)he shouldn't install it. > I am a bit lost. FYI, while installing FreeBSD I also installed Linux > compatibility; that's all. > I installed linux_base-f7 before, was working for the current session, > but crashed X system thereafter. This port is not default and uses non-default linux.osrelease. Did you read/follow /usr/ports/UPDATING? > Any advice is highly recommended. WBR -- Boris Samorodov (bsam) Research Engineer, http://www.ipt.ru Telephone & Internet SP FreeBSD committer, http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve