linux_base

[Francois Tigeot]

On Fri, Oct 15, 2004 at 06:59:37PM +0200, Christer Solskogen wrote:
> Should it be possible to install linux_base now?
> 
> I got this in my kernel file. Recompiled and nice.
> options         LINPROCFS
> options         COMPAT_43
> options         COMPAT_LINUX32
> 
> 
> But I do get this error when installing the port.
> ELF binary type "0" not known
> 
> Cause, if I install linuxcompat the way told in 
> http://people.freebsd.org/~tjr/linux32.html, installing ports still 
> would complain about missing linux_base, wouldnt it?

I sent a patch exactly for this purpose on the list.

Look for a message named "Fallback elf brand and Linux emulation" on
2004-10-06 .

Basically on 5.x there are now different sysctls for 32 and 64 bit elf
binaries and the port isn't yet aware of that.

-- 
Francois Tigeot