Bug 53448

Summary:	Gentoo needs a init script for binfmt configuration
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Gustavo Ribeiro Alves <gralves>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	SpanKY <vapier>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Gustavo Ribeiro Alves 2004-06-09 14:10:47 UTC

Does gentoo have a init script for setting binfmt_misc? I know all you have to do is add an echo ':DOSWin:M::MZ::/usr/bin/wine:' > /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/register
 or something similar. But I think it might be a good idea to have a file on /etc where you would write something like

DosWin M MZ /usr/bin/wine
Java   M \xca\xfe\xba\xbe /usr/bin/javawrapper
ExecutableJAR E jar /usr/bin/jarwrapper
Applet E html /opt/sun-jdk-1.4.2.04/bin/appletviewer
Applet M <!--applet /opt/sun-jdk-1.4.2.04/bin/appletviewer

The script would then read the file and echo the correct line to /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/register

when you choosed to unload it would send an echo -1 to that file

Reproducible: Always
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Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2004-06-21 20:02:52 UTC

use /etc/sysctl.conf ... that's why it exists ...

i use it for my wine registrations :)