linuxolator: ... not implemented

Yuri yuri at rawbw.com
Sat Jan 25 08:27:12 UTC 2014


On 01/24/2014 14:16, Alexander Leidinger wrote:
> Some comments regarding the linux packages:
>   - the goal with the linux_base ports is to switch from Fedora to CentOS
>   - the linux_base ports are not designed for the use with chroot
>   - the linux_dist port can be used with chroot
>   - do you mind to give the linux_base-c6 port a try and maybe even use
>     it as a base for your development?

But linux_base is a repackaging of the various linux shared libraries 
into yet another package. Why even bother doing this, if this all is 
already pre-packaged by linux folks?
CentOS also uses rpm/yum, just like Fedora. The difference is merely a 
repository string for yum. I am not sure if this will practically even 
make any difference at all, stock Fedora vs. stock CentOS. I can install 
any rpm package in fewer lines of code than in a Makefile of linux_base-c6.

User side done this way works like a charm. Most work is to implement 
missing kernel features, and some yet unexplained malfunctions. Missing 
futex operations being one of them, but there are quite a few others.

Yuri


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