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author | tv <tv@pkgsrc.org> | 2006-11-06 17:58:06 +0000 |
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committer | tv <tv@pkgsrc.org> | 2006-11-06 17:58:06 +0000 |
commit | 1054d14592d8587e23a0dbad7fbc959b386a06b2 (patch) | |
tree | 70d8c7a75e8110cbba083dbdb76ce205ac1aa7f3 /doc/guide | |
parent | d00d92e6539c0c7100793b9d84e9048f8ec5d716 (diff) | |
download | pkgsrc-1054d14592d8587e23a0dbad7fbc959b386a06b2.tar.gz |
Add a note about Win2k3 R2 and WinVista's SUA subsystem.
Add note about disabling DEP completely on Windows in some cases.
Remove link to defunct X-Win32 LX.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/guide')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/guide/files/platforms.xml | 29 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guide/files/platforms.xml b/doc/guide/files/platforms.xml index f3196e11443..7e8b456a886 100644 --- a/doc/guide/files/platforms.xml +++ b/doc/guide/files/platforms.xml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $NetBSD: platforms.xml,v 1.42 2006/09/17 23:55:28 ben Exp $ --> +<!-- $NetBSD: platforms.xml,v 1.43 2006/11/06 17:58:06 tv Exp $ --> <chapter id="platforms"> <title>Using pkgsrc on systems other than &os;</title> @@ -383,9 +383,13 @@ file and inspect the contents before extracting it. (not including XP Home), or 2003. SFU can be downloaded from <ulink url="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/sfu/">http://www.microsoft.com/windows/sfu/</ulink>.</para> - <para>Services for Unix 3.5, current as of this writing, has been tested. 3.0 - or 3.1 may work, but are not officially supported. (The main difference - in 3.0/3.1 is lack of pthreads.)</para> + <para>Services for Unix 3.5 has been tested. 3.0 or 3.1 may work, but + are not officially supported. (The main difference in 3.0/3.1 is lack + of pthreads, but other parts of libc may also be lacking.)</para> + + <para>Services for Unix Applications (aka SUA) is an integrated component + of Windows Server 2003 R2 and Windows Vista. As of this writing, SUA's + Interix 5.x subsystem not been tested with pkgsrc.</para> <sect3 id="platform.interix-sfu-install"> <title>When installing Interix/SFU</title> @@ -424,6 +428,17 @@ file and inspect the contents before extracting it. hotfixes available for personal use from <ulink url="http://www.duh.org/interix/hotfixes.php">http://www.duh.org/interix/hotfixes.php</ulink>.</para> + <para>In addition to the hotfix noted above, it may be necessary to + disable Data Execution Prevention entirely to make Interix functional. + This may happen only with certain types of CPUs; the cause is not fully + understood at this time. If gcc or other applications still segfault + repeatedly after installing one of the hotfixes note above, the + following option can be added to the appropriate "boot.ini" line on the + Windows boot drive: /NoExecute=AlwaysOff + (WARNING, this will disable DEP completely, which may be a security + risk if applications are often run as a user in the Administrators + group!)</para> + </sect3> <sect3 id="platform.interix-sfu-postinstall"> @@ -501,12 +516,6 @@ file and inspect the contents before extracting it. and the free X11 server included with <ulink url="http://x.cygwin.com/">Cygwin</ulink>.</para> - <para>Also, StarNet Communications has graciously provided a free - version of their X-Win32 product that accepts connections only - from localhost: - <ulink url="http://www.starnet.com/xwin32LX/get_xwin32LX.htm">X-Win32 LX</ulink>, - recommended by the maintainer of Interix pkgsrc support.</para></listitem> - <listitem><para><emphasis role="strong">X11 acceleration:</emphasis></para> <para>Because Interix runs in a completely different NT subsystem from Win32 applications, it does not currently support various X11 |