On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 11:37 PM, Federico G. Benavento <benave...@gmail.com > wrote:
> cinap did years ago for linux emu > > http://9hal.ath.cx/usr/cinap_lenrek/lbun/mklbun > > which packages linuxemu, the linux exec you want and the > required libs all in an rc bundle that you can execute > as a regular program > > in: > http://9hal.ath.cx/magic/webls?dir=/usr/cinap_lenrek/lbun > > you have lbuns for svn, bash and others that just work on Plan 9 > Sounds handy for those programs you just *must* have. Sometimes I want a reasonable web browser on Plan 9 (where no web browser is a reasonable idea). > > On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 4:21 AM, ron minnich <rminn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I can't help it, this one struck me as quite funny, after all the > > shared library discussions we've had on this list. > > > > "A Stanford researcher, Philip Guo, has developed a tool called CDE to > > automatically package up a Linux program and all its dependencies > > (including system-level libraries, fonts, etc!) so that it can be run > > out of the box on another Linux machine without a lot of complicated > > work setting up libraries and program versions or dealing with > > dependency version hell. " > > > > OK, so this is better than static linking how? Oh yeah you get the > > fonts. And all the incompatible programs across distros. > > > > So they've made the whole shared library mess so incredibly complex > > that you now have to bundle a program's shared libraries with the > > program! > > > > Un-beeeeee-lievable. > > > > The standard rule is, when you're in a hole, stop digging; that seems > > not to apply in software nowadays. > > > > ron > > > > > > > > -- > Federico G. Benavento > >
