> * From: Luke <l...@aus.org>
>
> * linux_lib port. [why does it install into / anyways]
>
> You can put it anywhere and symlink to it, like sysinstall does now,
> but it has to be called "/compat" (or some other well-known place)
> because of the implementation. The string "/compat/linux" has to be
> hardcoded in the linux emulator binary. (If we move it to
> "/usr/local/compat", people who use LOCALBASE other than "/usr/local"
> will be screwed, etc.)
>
> I know, I tried to change it before until I realized that it's not
> that easy.
Install it in $PREFIX/compat and then make a symlink from /compat to
${PREFIX}/compat. This only fails if you then install the SVR4 stuff
with a different ${PREFIX}, which will screw you anyway. 8)
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