on second thought, the instructions about copying libraries are also

hopelessly complicated, liable to break, and filled with dubiousness.
just use pkg_add.

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 102 deletions

diff --git a/share/man/man8/compat_linux.8 b/share/man/man8/compat_linux.8
index 66e572d3b84..3101bbef7b1 100644
--- a/share/man/man8/compat_linux.8
+++ b/share/man/man8/compat_linux.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: compat_linux.8,v 1.44 2014/01/23 04:39:41 tedu Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: compat_linux.8,v 1.45 2014/01/23 05:03:33 tedu Exp $
 .\"	$NetBSD: compat_linux.8,v 1.2 1995/10/16 20:17:59 fvdl Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1995 Frank van der Linden
@@ -81,24 +81,7 @@ to avoid naming conflicts with possible
 .Ox
 counterparts.
 Shared libraries should also be installed in the shadow tree.
-.Pp
-Generally, it will only be necessary to look for the shared libraries
-that Linux binaries depend on the first few times that Linux programs
-are installed on the
-.Ox
-system.
-After a while, there will be a sufficient set of Linux shared libraries
-on the system to be able to run newly imported Linux binaries without
-any extra work.
 .Ss Setting up shared libraries
-How to get to know which shared libraries Linux binaries need, and where
-to get them?
-Basically, there are 2 possibilities.
-(When following these instructions, root privileges are required on the
-.Ox
-system to perform the necessary installation steps).
-.Bl -enum
-.It
 Run
 .Xr pkg_add 1
 to install the
@@ -110,90 +93,6 @@ The
 .Nm fedora_base
 package contains the shared libraries, binaries, and other related files
 necessary to run Linux applications.
-Access to a Linux system is not needed.
-.It
-Access to a Linux system:
-In this case temporarily install the binary there, see what
-shared libraries it needs, and copy them to the
-.Ox
-system.
-Example: ftp the Linux binary of Doom.
-Put it on the Linux system, and check which shared
-libraries it needs by running `ldd linuxxdoom':
-.Pp
-.Dl (me@linux) ldd linuxxdoom
-.Bd -unfilled -offset indent
-libXt.so.3 (DLL Jump 3.1) => /usr/X11/lib/libXt.so.3.1.0
-libX11.so.3 (DLL Jump 3.1) => /usr/X11/lib/libX11.so.3.1.0
-libc.so.4 (DLL Jump 4.5pl26) => /lib/libc.so.4.6.29
-.Ed
-.Pp
-Get all the files from the last column, and put them under
-.Pa /emul/linux ,
-with the names in the first column
-as symbolic links pointing to them.
-The following files would therefore be required on the
-.Ox
-system:
-.Bd -unfilled -offset indent
-/emul/linux/usr/X11/lib/libXt.so.3.1.0
-/emul/linux/usr/X11/lib/libXt.so.3 (symbolic link to the above)
-/emul/linux/usr/X11/lib/libX11.so.3.1.0
-/emul/linux/usr/X11/lib/libX11.so.3 (symbolic link to the above)
-/emul/linux/lib/libc.so.4.6.29
-/emul/linux/lib/libc.so.4 (symbolic link to the above)
-.Ed
-.Pp
-Note that if a Linux shared library with a
-matching major revision number to the first column of the 'ldd'
-output is already present, it isn't necessary to copy the file named
-in the last column to the
-.Ox
-system; the one already there should work.
-It is advisable to copy the shared library anyway, if it is a newer version.
-The old one can be removed, as long as the symbolic
-link points to the new one.
-So, if these libraries exist on the system:
-.Bd -unfilled -offset indent
-/emul/linux/lib/libc.so.4.6.27
-/emul/linux/lib/libc.so.4 -> /emul/linux/lib/libc.so.4.6.27
-.Ed
-.Pp
-and the ldd output for a new binary is:
-.Bd -unfilled -offset indent
-libc.so.4 (DLL Jump 4.5pl26) => /lib/libc.so.4.6.29
-.Ed
-.Pp
-it isn't necessary to copy
-.Pa /lib/libc.so.4.6.29
-too, because the program should work fine with the slightly older version.
-.Pa libc.so
-can be replaced anyway, and that should leave:
-.Bd -unfilled -offset indent
-/emul/linux/lib/libc.so.4.6.29
-/emul/linux/lib/libc.so.4 -> /emul/linux/lib/libc.so.4.6.29
-.Ed
-.Pp
-Please note that the symbolic link mechanism is
-only needed for Linux binaries, the
-.Ox
-runtime linker takes care of looking for matching major revision numbers
-itself.
-.Pp
-Finally, the Linux runtime linker and its config files must be present
-on the system.
-These files should be copied from the Linux system to their appropriate
-place on the
-.Ox
-system (in the
-.Pa /emul/linux
-tree):
-.Bd -unfilled -offset indent
-/lib/ld.so
-/etc/ld.so.cache
-/etc/ld.so.config
-.Ed
-.El
 .Ss Programs using SVGAlib
 SVGAlib binaries require some extra care.
 The pcvt virtual console driver has to be in the kernel for them to work,