Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 13:53:23 -0400 From: Charles Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Fernan Aguero <fernan@iib.unsam.edu.ar> Cc: FreeBSD Ports <ports@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: getting to /usr but not /compat/usr from a linux app Message-ID: <7A131765-AD00-4346-A3D1-771ED181EE16@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <20060628172146.GA55051@iib.unsam.edu.ar> References: <20060628172146.GA55051@iib.unsam.edu.ar>
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On Jun 28, 2006, at 1:21 PM, Fernan Aguero wrote: > I'm using Linux Firefox, and when asked to choose a helper > app to open a document I try to navigate to /usr/X11R6/bin > but I always end up in /compat/linux/usr/X11R6/bin instead > (though firefox believes it's /usr/X11R6/bin). > > I can see why this happens (linux apps should be fooled into > using their 'compat' usr space), but is there any way of > escaping from this? The Linux app is being run inside of a chroot()ed environment in order to give the appearance that they are running in a "real Linux system"; you can't escape a chroot() environment (hopefully), but you could create hard links or copy files from the FreeBSD /usr/X11R6/bin to the Linux environment... -- -Chuck
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