On Sunday 09 April 2006 14:52, Stefano Melchior wrote: > On Fri, Apr 07, 2006 at 06:52:05PM +0200, Mattia Dongili wrote: > Dear all,
> > > > > #define UML_LIB_PATH ":/usr/lib/uml" > > > > what about a config option instead? CONFIG_UML_NET_PATH > > > Don't think so, that's not supposed to be changed according to any > > > config option or I can't see that. Unless on 64-bit system that's > > > /usr/lib64/uml, and in that case it makes sense to have CONFIG_XXX = > > > "/usr/lib/uml" (without :, add them only in the source, i.e. insulate > > > details away). > > Yes, that was what I meant. However it's probably not worth the effort > > yet. > > Description: > > append /usr/lib/uml to the existing PATH environment variable to let > > execvp search uml_net in FHS compliant locations. > > at this point, is it the case to have also this patch for the > uml-utilities in order to install uml-net directly on the FHS complaint > path (uml-net): It is likely a correct patch (didn't proof-read, seems very reasonable) but: a) make sure it can work on amd64 (/usr/lib or /usr/lib64?) b) I'll do this in at least 6 months from now, or users will scream - or I'll add a compatibility symlink in /usr/bin for a while. Debian did it the hard way IIRC (don't remember if only for the default location of uml_switch socket or also for this), and problems resulted for people with self-compiled kernels. -- Inform me of my mistakes, so I can keep imitating Homer Simpson's "Doh!". Paolo Giarrusso, aka Blaisorblade (Skype ID "PaoloGiarrusso", ICQ 215621894) http://www.user-mode-linux.org/~blaisorblade ___________________________________ Yahoo! Mail: gratis 1GB per i messaggi e allegati da 10MB http://mail.yahoo.it ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-devel mailing list User-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-devel
