Re: Debian FreeBSD
I disagree, imagine getting package management up to the point where we
can include optional parts along with the normal static files, ex:
sendmail confs, non compiled bins
linux bins
freebsd bins
imagine if package mangement treated this in a cross platform manor, ie:
with the right code I could say run: "apt-get dist-upgrade --freebsd"
and in one swift action, upgrade all packages, libs, bins, etc to BSD
files, including a standard kernel, much like our 2.0.3x on slink, then
one reboot and poof, your Debian Linux box is now a Debian FreeBSD box
but using all your original conf files and porting/parsing over as much
as possible from files like inittab/inetd.conf/etc, if done correctly,
this can also be easily reversed, with a --linux option to convert a
Debian FreeBSD box to linux and viceversa.
Why do this you may ask? I say do it for the reason that we always use to
accomplish great tasks... "Becase we can."
Rodney Caston
On Fri, 19 Nov 1999, Raul Miller wrote:
> > > Further aside: BSD has had the ability to run Linux software for quite
> > > a while, so recompiling for a BSD kernel isn't about giving BSD people
> > > access to debian software.
>
> On Thu, Nov 18, 1999 at 09:22:33PM -0800, Joey Hess wrote:
> > No, it's about giving Debian users access to an alternative kernel.
>
> Very little software should need to be recompiled in this case -- just
> use the bsd kernel with the linux compatability library.
>
> The post I saw looked like an attempt to marshal support for recompiling
> every debian package.
>
> If the purpose is indeed what you say the approach is all wrong.
>
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> Raul
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