On Wed, Aug 02, 2017 at 01:04:27PM +0000, Taylor R Campbell wrote: > Does anyone use compat_linux without also doing the additional system > configuration steps of setting up /emul? Is it an onerous burden to > have to modload or add a line in /etc/modules.conf in those steps?
Yes, COMPAT_LINUX is one of netbsd/pkgsrc's biggest user friendliness wins. I can 'cd pkgsrc/www/opera; make install; opera' and get a closed source browser that works as is, without even realizing it relies on COMPAT_LINUX to work. Unless some miracle happens, NetBSD will remain an esoteric operating system, and we won't have many closed source programs if any. A fairly small amount of code gives us access to a large number of programs that we would otherwise not have access to.
