ports/75499: USE_LINUX checks for RedHat, not for any Linux install

[Mark Linimon]

On Sun, 26 Dec 2004, Peter van Dijk wrote:

> >Fix:
> Change the relevant line in Mk/bsd.port.mk to read:
> RUN_DEPENDS+=   ${LINUXBASE}/bin/sh:${PORTSDIR}/emulators/linux_base

Unfortunately emulators/linux_base _is_ the RedHat install (of 7.1),
so this patch does not completely solve the problem.

There are changes currently being tested to update the default Linux
base to Redhat 8 (IIRC) for 4.11 (if the regression tests pass).  There
is discussion of a further patch to more fully generalize being able to
support different linux_bases by default, that would follow that commit.

So, there is active work in this area, but the next window for a possible
commit is going to be early January due to the QA/release cycle.

mcl