Bounty and timeline on vmware 5.x on FreeBSD 6.x

[Alexander Leidinger]

Quoting Eric Anderson <anderson at freebsd.org> (Wed, 04 Apr 2007 14:22:26 -0500):

> On 04/04/07 13:44, Eric Anderson wrote:
> > On 04/03/07 15:30, Roman Divacky wrote:
> >>> However, FWIW, I will consider the requirements met if vmware 5.5 can be
> >>> made to run on either FreeBSD 6.x-R or 7.x-R.
> >> well.. the first point is to actually TRY the vmware on 7.x, when we know
> >> why it doesn't work we can decide further...
> >>
> >> anyone volunteering? :)
> > 
> > 
> > Since I haven't played too much with rpms/additional non-ports stuff in 
> > the emulation area on FreeBSD, I have a (maybe simple) question:
> > 
> > How do I get these other libraries installed (look for 'not found')?
> 
> 
> Actually, if I find rpm's that contain the right files, what's the 
> correct way for me to 'install' them?

Have a look at the linux-jpeg port. Instead of LINUX_DIST_VER (which
sets a MASTER_SITE with a specific path for us) you need to specify the
MASTER_SITE too.

The BRANDELF_* stuff is needed in case some binary executables and not
only libs are installed.

Bye,
Alexander.

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