Only if you got programs that expect such behaviour in the base system and not exclusively run them in the "APE" (chroot?) environment with legacy GNU binaries.
2010/6/2 Jorden Mauro <[email protected]> > You'll break programs that expect GNU options. grep -A, for example. > > > > > On Jun 2, 2010, at 1:43 AM, staalmannen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for explaining the difference. I guessed I had made a couple of >> too simplistic assumptions. >> >> On the other hand, would it be feasible to use a mix of native Plan9 >> on Glendix and Plan9port (static)binaries in the default /bin as >> primary utilities and the regular GNU stuff in some sort of "APE" >> directory? (something not recommended by the plan9port guys, but on >> the other hand that is on a "normal" GNU/Linux distribution, whereas >> this hypothetical glendix distribution -as far as I see- more would be >> about proof-of-concept where the plan9port portion could be gradually >> reduced as Glendix gets more and more native Plan9 binaries to execute >> correctly). >> >> On 31 Maj, 19:58, Jorden Mauro <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Wmii does not create a draw device. It uses 9p for control, more like >>> the FS rio or acme post. >>> >>> You could implement draw on top of X11, or even the Linux framebuffer. >>> >>> On May 31, 2010, at 1:10 PM, staalmannen <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> I was looking around a bit and the Suckless.org Sta.li (http:// >>>> sta.li/) distribution that is in the works seems to be a pretty good >>>> fit for a glendix-type distro, since it already tries to Plan9-like in >>>> some ways (initiation scripts, static linking). Something built on >>>> that (perhaps with a Gobo-hide patch to make a Plan9-like file >>>> hierarchy) could be cool. >>>> >>> >>> After reading through the different projects at Suckless, I came >>>> across that wmii actually has a 9P interface (http:// >>>> wmii.suckless.org/). Sorry for my ignorance, but would it >>>> (theoretically) be possible to "complement" the things that do not yet >>>> work natively under Linux with Glendix-patches using Plan9port+wmii+P9 >>>> mount of wmii to /dev/draw? If the lack of /dev/draw is a temporary >>>> "blocker bug" for some Plan9 stuff to work under Glendix, perhaps that >>>> could be a temporary solution? >>>> >>> >>> I suppose the bigger "blocker bug" is the private namespaces stuff. >>>> >>> >>> I have no clear idea how the different Plan9 binaries are >>>> interdependent and whether something like that would work. >>>> >>> >>> On 19 Maj, 20:51, vh4x0r <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, I'm interested in contributing to the project for creation of a >>>>> distro based on Glendix and Gentoo. I have acquainted myself with >>>>> Glendix, and also have a lot of experience with Gentoo. Can you >>>>> please >>>>> provide me with some pointers about where to start ? >>>>> >>>> >>> -- >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> [email protected]<glendix%[email protected]> >>>>> For more options, visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/ >>>>> glendix?hl=en >>>>> >>>> >>> -- >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]<glendix%[email protected]> >>>> For more options, visit this group athttp:// >>>> groups.google.com/group/glendix?hl=en >>>> >>> >> -- >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<glendix%[email protected]> >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/glendix?hl=en >> > > -- > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<glendix%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/glendix?hl=en > -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/glendix?hl=en
