freebsd-ports/emulators/linux_base-c6/pkg-message
Johannes Jost Meixner ed75099171 Set CentOS 6.6 as default Linux version.
Since CentOS 6.5 landed in the portstree and was updated to CentOS 6.6 and we've
fixed the remaining issues, it's time to replace Fedora 10 as Linux default --
given that in the past five years it has done its service and has long since
gone EOL upstream.

The CentOS 6 series will go End of Life in 2020, this should give us some time
to keep its annual releases up to date.

If you have not switched to using CentOS 6.6 ports, please refer to today's
UPDATING entry -- it contains detailed instructions.

If you have already switched to CentOS 6.6 userland,
you can now remove the following two lines from make.conf:

OVERRIDE_LINUX_BASE_PORT=c6
OVERRIDE_LINUX_NONBASE_PORTS=c6

If you encounter any difficulties, please follow the UPDATING entry from
20140922 but skip step 2. In case these steps do not fix the issues,
please submit an issue report in Bugzilla and send an email to FreeBSD's
emulation mailing list.

Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D1145
Reviewed by:	wblock, bcr (doc), rene (emulation)
Approved by:	swills (mentor)
Approved by:	portmgr (swills)
Sponsored by:	Perceivon Hosting Inc.
2014-12-09 18:05:30 +00:00

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This software is based in part on the work of the FreeType Team.
See <URL:http://www.freetype.org/>.
Installation of the Linux base system is finished. The Linux kernel
mode, which must be enabled for Linux binaries to run, is now
enabled. Linux mode can be enabled permanently with the linux_enable
variable of rc.conf(5).
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You should enable Linux mode with the linux_enable variable of rc.conf(5)
and use compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.18 in sysctl.conf(5).
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If you want to use shared memory in Linux applications, you need to set up
a link from /dev/shm to a suitable place, e.g. by adding the following line
to /etc/devfs.conf (takes effect on each boot):
link /tmp shm
To make use of NIS you have to adjust yp.conf and nsswitch.conf in
/compat/linux/etc/ accordingly. For example:
Set your yp-server and yp-domainname in yp.conf:
domainname my.yp.domainname
ypserver my.yp.server
Let your lists for hosts, passwd and group be resolved via nsswitch.conf:
passwd: files nis
shadow: files nis
group: files nis
hosts: files dns nis
WARNING: doing work which needs to chroot into the linux base may not work.
In such cases (e.g. cross-development) you are better suited with a linux_dist
port.