On 2020-08-29 16:40, Valery Ushakov wrote: > On Sat, Aug 29, 2020 at 15:57:52 -0400, Dan Plassche wrote: > >> I've updated the text to add the details of the steps involved for >> options 1 and 3. > > Could you kindly re-diff those changes against the committed version? > > -uwe >
No problem, below is a diff: --- compat_bsdos.8.orig 2020-08-29 16:45:00.360547482 -0400 +++ compat_bsdos.8 2020-08-29 16:55:55.171808350 -0400 @@ -37,17 +37,17 @@ .Pp The .Cd COMPAT_NOMID -kernel option provides compatibility with BSDi 1-3 +kernel option includes compatibility with BSDi 1-3 .Xr a.out 5 binaries on .Tn Nx Ns /i386 and .Tn Nx Ns /amd64 . -The option is included in the +The option is enabled by default in the .Li GENERIC kernel on .Em i386 , -but needs to be enabled along with +but needs to be set along with .Cd EXEC_AOUT on .Em amd64 . @@ -61,15 +61,50 @@ for the binaries to run successfully. .Pp .Bsx 2.0+ -binaries also require an -.Xr ldconfig 8 -configuration or a symbolic link -pointing to the +binaries also require access to +static shared libraries under +.Pa /shlib . +On +.Nx +the shared libraries are normally +installed under .Pa /emul/bsdos/shlib -directory to run outside of a chroot. +and access can be provided by +one of the following methods: +.Pp +.Bl -dash -offset -indent +.It +A symlink from +.Pa /shlib +to +.Pa /emul/bsdos/shlib . +.\" .It +.\" Rebuilding the userland from source +.\" using +.\" .Pa /emul/bsdos/lib +.\" and +.\" .Pa /emul/bsdos/usr/lib . +.\" Then adding +.\" .Pa /emul/bsdos/lib +.\" and +.\" .Pa /emul/bsdos/usr/lib +.\" to +.\" .Pa /etc/ld.so.conf +.\" and running +.\" .Ic ldconfig +.\" to regenerate +.\" .Pa /var/run/ld.so.hints . +.It +Running the binaries +under a shell in a +.Ic chroot +with the command +.Ic chroot "/emul/bsdos/shlib /bin/sh" . +.El .Pp .Bsx 4.0 -switched to ELF binaries that do not run under the +switched to an ELF binary executable format +that does not run under the compatibility layers currently available on .Nx . .Sh SEE ALSO @@ -101,7 +136,7 @@ library archive format. .Pp .Ox 2.2-4.7 -included a different compatibility implementation +included a different compatability implementation under the .Li COMPAT_BSDOS kernel option.
