Subject: Re: pkg/34817: [patch] emulators/suse100_base does not install on
To: None <pkg-manager@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,>
From: Juan RP <juan@xtrarom.org>
List: pkgsrc-bugs
Date: 10/14/2006 21:45:02
The following reply was made to PR pkg/34817; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Juan RP <juan@xtrarom.org>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: Peter Schuller <peter.schuller@infidyne.com>
Subject: Re: pkg/34817: [patch] emulators/suse100_base does not install on
FreeBSD 6.1
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 23:41:09 +0200
On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 20:35:04 +0000 (UTC)
Peter Schuller <peter.schuller@infidyne.com> wrote:
> The following reply was made to PR pkg/34817; it has been noted by
> GNATS.
>
> From: Peter Schuller <peter.schuller@infidyne.com>
> To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
> Cc:
> Subject: Re: pkg/34817: [patch] emulators/suse100_base does not
> install on FreeBSD 6.1 Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 22:34:08 +0200
>
> > It does not address the potential problems of other packages
> > actually needing /dev to be properly set up.
>
> To further clarify: I realize this is suboptimal, but the "correct"
> procedure as far as I can tell, is to set up the system such that
> devfs is mounted on that particular location on boot, aswell as mount
> it on package install.
> The FreeBSD equivalent of this package just informs the user of the
> potential need to setup /dev, but does not attempt to do so. Even if
> there are packages in pkgsrc that require this, it feels a bit
> aggressive for the package to actually automate it, barring some
> pkgsrc-wide policy for how to handle this.
> Opinions?
I remember I did something for FreeBSD and pkgsrc years ago, here
it is:
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-pkg/2003/09/12/0001.html
I don't see any problem with your patch, but I don't know where did you
use brandelf. You'll have to run it on every linux binary to make it
work.