is there an entry that I am supposed to enter in sysctl.conf ?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: netbsd-help-owner@NetBSD.org
> [mailto:netbsd-help-owner@NetBSD.org]On Behalf Of Manuel Bouyer
> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 9:00 AM
> To: Frank DeChellis
> Cc: netbsd-help@NetBSD.org
> Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Linux emulation
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 07, 2003 at 11:07:58PM -0500, Frank DeChellis wrote:
> > Hi.
> >
> > Where can I find out what the current version of emulation is
> in NetBSD.  I
> > am not sure if I asked this correctly...
> >
> > If I install the latest emulators/freebsd_lib what version of
> FreeBSD am I
> > emulating?
> >
> > How about the latest Linux?  Is it compatible with RedHat?  For the best
> > Linux emulation, what packages would you install?
> >
> > Right now I have:
> > suse_base-7.3nb4    Linux compatibility package
> > suse_compat-7.3     Linux compatibility package with old shared
> libraries
> > suse_x11-7.3nb2     Linux compatibility package for X11 binaries
> >
> > The package I am looking to run requires either FreeBSD 4.8 or
> RedHat Linux
> > 8.0
>
> Did you try it with the suse_* packages ? I suspect RedHat8 is
> more or less
> equivalent to suse7.
> For freebsd, it looks like freebsd_lib is still at 2.2.7. You could try
> installing the 4.8 libraries by hand and see what happens.
>
> --
> Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI.           Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
>      NetBSD: 24 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
> --
>