Re: pkg/29700 (lang/sun-jre15 won't install using pkg_comp & libkver)

[Robert Elz <kre%munnari.OZ.AU@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/29700; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Robert Elz <kre%munnari.OZ.AU@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
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Subject: Re: pkg/29700 (lang/sun-jre15 won't install using pkg_comp & libkver)
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:51:56 +0700

     Date:        Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:00:09 +0000 (UTC)
     From:        David Holland <dholland-pbugs%NetBSD.org@localhost>
     Message-ID:  <20100211060009.E279763B896%www.NetBSD.org@localhost>
 
   |  Ew.
 
 Yes, but mostly, it works...
 
   |  I might be able to find one - I have some obsolete linux boxes around.
   |  What glibc version is it? Linux notions of compatibility being what
   |  they are, it's probably best to get one the same...
 
 -rw-r--r--  1 kre  wheel    118007 Sep  9  2005 glib-1.2.10-595.i586.rpm
 -rw-r--r--  1 kre  wheel    563199 Sep 10  2005 glib2-2.8.1-3.i586.rpm
 -rw-r--r--  1 kre  wheel   2477929 Sep  9  2005 glibc-2.3.5-40.i586.rpm
 -rw-r--r--  1 kre  wheel  12273740 Sep  9  2005 glibc-locale-2.3.5-40.i586.rpm
 
 That's what pkgsrc will be installing (from my distfiles directory).
 These are i586 versions, I assume the one that matters is the 2.3.5-40 thing.
 
   |  On the other hand, maybe it's time we added this functionality to the
   |  kernel. It shouldn't be either difficult or particularly bloaty...
 
 Just making uname (and sysctl) do the right thing - perhaps - getting it
 inherited down the tree correctly, trickier (there may be, and I have had
 in the past) several different sets of processes running using likver with
 different version settings.
 
 OBATA Akio <obache%NetBSD.org@localhost> said:
   |  How about put empty dummy /emul/linux/libkver/lib/libkver.so?
 
 Now that is just brilliant!   I'll give it a try as soon as I can,
 and see what happens.   Thanks.
 
 kre