On 09-03-2013 23:31, Alexander Leidinger wrote: > On Sat, 09 Mar 2013 22:07:58 +0100 > René Ladan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 09-03-2013 12:16, Alexander Leidinger wrote: >>> On Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:04:20 +0100 >>> René Ladan <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>>> Hash: SHA1 >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I have made a patch to clean up the old Linux ports (those that >>>> expired together with FreeBSD 7) at [1] >>>> >>>> Besides removing expired ports, it: >>>> - - de-orbits support for Linux 2.4.2 (is that still available in >>>> the kernel?) >>> Yes, we can still switch to 2.4.2-emulation in the kernel. >> Time to de-orbit that too? > It doesn't seem to hurt, and you can run an old program how it was > meant to run. Nothing prevents someone to put an old linux FS into > FreeBSD and use it there. We just do not want to distribute an old and > unsupported by upstream linux_base port. If you use a trusted > environment for a specific purpose, it's still possible with FreeBSD > to run this e.g. in a jail (and as such have a lightweight > virtualization without the need to have driver support inside the old > linux version which is used inside). That should indeed still be possible, there is indeed just no userland support from FreeBSD for it any longer. >>>> [emulators/linux_base-c6] >>>> - - remove the unsupported Linux 2.4.2 case >>>> - - new Makefile header >>>> - - portlint fixes >>> I think the "-p" for makedir was placed there on purpose... can't >>> remember what the error-case was which triggered this. >> If you remember, could you write it down in the Makefile? The -p flag >> is the default for ${MKDIR} (see Mk/bsd.commands.mk) > Hmmm... I would rather say let's forget about it, what you do in the > patch is supposed to work correctly. OK.
I'll send the patch of to portmgr for an exp-run in the next few days, I think the following can be resolved later: - cleanup direct commands in pkg-install files - make sure the alternative (centos, gentoo) base ports work - propose some warning for 7.X users (preferably on freebsd-ports) Rene _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-emulation To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
