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Re: linuxbin vs. inbsdbin
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Yoav Yerushalmi)
Fri Jan 26 14:59:28 1996
To: Derek W Truesdale <derekt@MIT.EDU>
Cc: netbsd-help@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 26 Jan 1996 13:52:22 EST."
<199601261852.NAA12036@le-mien.MIT.EDU>
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 14:55:18 EST
From: Yoav Yerushalmi <yoav@MIT.EDU>
>so, I guess for the immediate case, I should just write my own add
>script that attaches, extends my manpath, and then extends my path to
>contain both the inbsdbin and linuxbin.
>
>However, do you think this idea should be implemented for real in
>$initdir/.cshrc?
>I, for one, would appreciate it.
I don't believe that is the right approach. For one, some people might choose
to build kernels without linux binary compatibility. For another, there
may be some programs which don't work under emulation.
It would be much better simply to get the lockers to support NetBSD
(sometimes simply by making inbsdbin->linuxbin, sometimes by actually
compiling from scratch. If you find a locker that has support for linux
but not NetBSD, please send mail to the locker maintainer cc:netbsd-dev,
OR just send mail to netbsd-dev, and we'll follow it up.
thanks
yoav
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