Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 12:33:58 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: "David E. Cross" <crossd@cs.rpi.edu>, Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>, nate@mt.sri.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: linux software installation and uname Message-ID: <199811091933.MAA05814@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <9442.910635058@time.cdrom.com> References: <Pine.SGI.4.05.9811091355590.5731-100000@o2.cs.rpi.edu> <9442.910635058@time.cdrom.com>
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> I think the correct thing to do here is simply give uname(1) some > truly switchable behavior, as Steve's second patch did. The user then has to be aware of the 'LINUX_EMULATION' environment variable, which is non-intuitive. The /compat/linux script is a much better solution since it doesn't require any magic environment knowledge that must be modified if you run binaries from multiple 'emulated' OS's. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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