missing command in linux emulation

[Sean McNeil]

On Tue, 2006-05-09 at 12:29 +0200, Alexander Leidinger wrote:
> Quoting Sean McNeil <sean at mcneil.com> (Mon, 08 May 2006 11:52:06 -0700):
> 
> > 
> > I have installed:
> > 
> > linux_base-suse-9.3_2
> > linux_devtools-8.0_5
> > 
> > it is missing the /compat/linux/bin/arch command.
> 
> Only linux_base-8 and linux_base-fc3 are supported by emulation at . -8 is
> the current default linux base and fc3 is the upcomming default linux
> base. Every other linux base port (except one) has no active maintainer
> and doesn't comply to some "rules" which the linuxolator infrastructure
> in the ports collection depends upon. There's also no guarantee by the
> FreeBSD project, that any linux port works with a non-standard linux
> base port.
> 
> Please test with a default linux base port (-8 or -fc3)... I can tell
> you that fc3 does not come with "arch" either. Please provide a
> rationale why this program should be included (and what this program
> does).

The older java execution script (jdk 1.1.8) uses it to determine the
subdirectory for libs and other binaries.  It essentially returns the
same thing as uname -m.  My FC4 system has this command.