Re: /compat/linux and /usr/compat/linux

2015-02-12 Thread Patrick Powell
On 02/11/15 10:23, Martin Simmons wrote: FWIW, the pre-9.0 installer (sysinstall) creates /usr/compat with /compat linked to it, but it bsdinstall doesn't. See http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-emulation/2011-December/009339.html __Martin _

Re: /compat/linux and /usr/compat/linux

2015-02-12 Thread Patrick Powell
On 02/12/15 06:58, Patrick Powell wrote: On 02/11/15 06:54, Patrick Powell wrote: Note: just as a side note on this, shouldn't the location actually be /usr/local/compat? But I digress... Murphy's Law Strikes Again. I wanted to see what the latest port/package did: # pkg install linux

Re: /compat/linux and /usr/compat/linux

2015-02-12 Thread Patrick Powell
On 02/11/15 06:54, Patrick Powell wrote: Note: just as a side note on this, shouldn't the location actually be /usr/local/compat? But I digress... Murphy's Law Strikes Again. I wanted to see what the latest port/package did: # pkg install linux_base-c6 Updating FreeBSD repository catal

Re: /compat/linux and /usr/compat/linux

2015-02-11 Thread Martin Simmons
> On Tue, 10 Feb 2015 18:12:43 -0800, Kevin Oberman said: > > On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 2:54 PM, Chris H wrote: > > > On Tue, 10 Feb 2015 12:34:19 -0800 Patrick Powell > > wrote > > > > > On 02/08/15 02:10, Gary Jennejohn wrote: > > > > On Fri, 06 Feb 2015 08:43:15 -0800 > > > > Patrick Powel

Re: /compat/linux and /usr/compat/linux

2015-02-11 Thread Patrick Powell
On 02/10/15 21:02, Chris H wrote: On Tue, 10 Feb 2015 18:12:43 -0800 Kevin Oberman wrote Thanks for the informative response, Kevin. FWIW as most of the servers I manage use nVidia video; in anticipation of installing the nvidia drivers, I always install the emulators/linux_base-* port prior

Re: /compat/linux and /usr/compat/linux

2015-02-10 Thread Chris H
On Tue, 10 Feb 2015 18:12:43 -0800 Kevin Oberman wrote > On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 2:54 PM, Chris H wrote: > > > On Tue, 10 Feb 2015 12:34:19 -0800 Patrick Powell > > wrote > > > > > On 02/08/15 02:10, Gary Jennejohn wrote: > > > > On Fri, 06 Feb 2015 08:43:15 -0800 > > > > Patrick Powell wrote

Re: /compat/linux and /usr/compat/linux

2015-02-10 Thread Kevin Oberman
On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 2:54 PM, Chris H wrote: > On Tue, 10 Feb 2015 12:34:19 -0800 Patrick Powell > wrote > > > On 02/08/15 02:10, Gary Jennejohn wrote: > > > On Fri, 06 Feb 2015 08:43:15 -0800 > > > Patrick Powell wrote: > > > > > >> The latest linux-base appears to install into /compat, ra

Re: /compat/linux and /usr/compat/linux

2015-02-10 Thread Chris H
On Tue, 10 Feb 2015 12:34:19 -0800 Patrick Powell wrote > On 02/08/15 02:10, Gary Jennejohn wrote: > > On Fri, 06 Feb 2015 08:43:15 -0800 > > Patrick Powell wrote: > > > >> The latest linux-base appears to install into /compat, rather than > >> /usr/compat > >> > >> However, some FreeBSD FAQ an

Re: /compat/linux and /usr/compat/linux

2015-02-10 Thread Patrick Powell
On 02/08/15 02:10, Gary Jennejohn wrote: On Fri, 06 Feb 2015 08:43:15 -0800 Patrick Powell wrote: The latest linux-base appears to install into /compat, rather than /usr/compat However, some FreeBSD FAQ and other documents appear to refer to /usr/compat. Question: when did the move from us

Re: /compat/linux and /usr/compat/linux

2015-02-08 Thread Gary Jennejohn
On Fri, 06 Feb 2015 08:43:15 -0800 Patrick Powell wrote: > The latest linux-base appears to install into /compat, rather than > /usr/compat > > However, some FreeBSD FAQ and other documents appear to refer to > /usr/compat. > > Question: when did the move from using /usr/compat to /compat t

/compat/linux and /usr/compat/linux

2015-02-06 Thread Patrick Powell
The latest linux-base appears to install into /compat, rather than /usr/compat However, some FreeBSD FAQ and other documents appear to refer to /usr/compat. Question: when did the move from using /usr/compat to /compat take place (just out of curiosity)? Question: can linproc be in /com