Linux and Steam and libc.so.6

[Chagin Dmitry]

On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 03:25:33AM -0400, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote:
> As far as I can tell, our current linux emulation platform is based on
> Fedora "10."  As far as I can tell, this was released in November 2008
> (going on 5 years ago) and was EOL as of December 2009 (my source is
> wikipedia).  Wow.
> 

try $FSVN/base/user/dchagin/lemul
I can provide f18 port for u.


> Until now, I have ignored (mostly) where the linux emulation came from ---
> most binaries distributed for linux are substantially pessimistic about
> what linux you're running.
> 
> Enter Steam for Linux.  It seems to depend on _very_ recent linux.  If
> you're using Debian, you must run "unstable" Wheezy rather than whatever
> stable is called.  Worse, Steam servers ... long running on some of my
> FreeBSD servers, are now converting to the new Steam linux world ... and
> are now starting to not run under FreeBSD's old linux port.
> 
> Some questions...
> 
>    1. Most of the hoopla seems to be over libc.so.6 --- is there any chance
>    we can have that with or without upgrading to a newer copy of fedora (or
>    whatever) in ports?
>    2. I notice that newer fedora releases are using 3.x linux kernels.  Are
>    binaries using 3.x kernels a problem for FreeBSD's linux kernel mod?
>    3. Are there some quick patches to running l4d/l4d2/tf2 and/or
>    killingfloor servers on FreeBSD?
> 
> I realize, with the state of our 3D stuff, expecting Steam games to run may
> be too much --- but the servers have always been and should always be easy
> to support.
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-- 
Have fun!
chd
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