Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 15:06:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: Mohit Aron <aron@cs.rice.edu>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, jkh@zippy.cdrom.com Subject: Re: FreeBSD kernel as a replacement for Linux kernel Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005241505580.99498-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.000524133502.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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On Wed, 24 May 2000, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > > On 24-May-00 Mohit Aron wrote: > > Yes, that looks promising. That'll possibly enable one to install rpms > > easily on FreeBSD. > > You can try this too.. > > rpm --ignoreos --root /compat/linux --dbbath /var/lib/rpm --nodeps > --replacepkgs foo.rpm Or: /compat/linux/bin/bash rpm .... Running Linux-based installers directly in the FreeBSD environment can Cause Problems(tm), particularly if they're shells scripts that make assumptions. Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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