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| author | tv <tv> | 2005-11-01 14:16:24 +0000 |
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| committer | tv <tv> | 2005-11-01 14:16:24 +0000 |
| commit | 8bb6284785e9dc14ce8a742ef130aa2085a9e500 (patch) | |
| tree | 074772b5ba14a7a836c3c714ae201ce2e0b548a0 /doc/guide | |
| parent | 12f3083c6418d348edadaf4d4151313eca2017d0 (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-8bb6284785e9dc14ce8a742ef130aa2085a9e500.tar.gz | |
Add note about Interix hotfixes.
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guide/files/platforms.xml | 13 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guide/files/platforms.xml b/doc/guide/files/platforms.xml index 6af4b45fb46..d3ecb91a480 100644 --- a/doc/guide/files/platforms.xml +++ b/doc/guide/files/platforms.xml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $NetBSD: platforms.xml,v 1.15 2005/10/23 11:25:58 rillig Exp $ --> +<!-- $NetBSD: platforms.xml,v 1.16 2005/11/01 14:16:24 tv Exp $ --> <chapter id="platforms"> <title>Using pkgsrc on systems other than &os;</title> @@ -241,12 +241,21 @@ not need to be installed, but Remote Connectivity itself should be installed in order to have a working inetd.</para> - <para>Finally, during installation you may be asked whether to enable setuid + <para>During installation you may be asked whether to enable setuid behavior for Interix programs, and whether to make pathnames default to case-sensitive. Setuid should be enabled, and case-sensitivity MUST be enabled. (Without case-sensitivity, a large number of packages including perl will not build.)</para> + <para>NOTE: Newer Windows service packs change the way binary execution + works (via the Data Execution Prevention feature). In order to use + pkgsrc and other gcc-compiled binaries reliably, a hotfix containing + POSIX.EXE, PSXDLL.DLL, PSXRUN.EXE, and PSXSS.EXE (899522 or newer) + must be installed. Hotfixes are available from Microsoft through a + support contract; however, a NetBSD developer has made most Interix + hotfixes available for personal use from <ulink + url="http://www.duh.org/interix/hotfixes.php">http://www.duh.org/interix/hotfixes.php</ulink>.</para> + </sect3> <sect3 id="platform.interix-sfu-postinstall"> |