ports/142837: [patch] emulators/linux_base-* packages fails to install when linux.ko is not installed

[Boris Samorodov]

The following reply was made to PR ports/142837; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Boris Samorodov <bsam at ipt.ru>
To: bug-followup at FreeBSD.org,swhetzel at gmail.com
Cc:  
Subject: Re: ports/142837: [patch] emulators/linux_base-* packages fails to install when linux.ko is not installed
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 01:54:12 +0300

 Scot, thanks for the patch. Really there is no consystency. ;-)
 However, I'm not sure if the proposed behavior is desirable.
 I.e. if a port loads kernel module but the system is not configured
 to do it at next reboot, then a user may got very surprised. Esp.
 if previous uptime was several months...
 
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