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Date:      9 Nov 1995 16:47:56 +1100
From:      mjb@siva.apana.org.au (Marcus Barczak)
To:        apana-lists-os-freebsd-hackers@apana.org.au
Subject:   Re: Compiling Linux Binaries under FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <47s4mc$1v1@siva.apana.org.au>
References:  <199511071508.HAA24485@who.cdrom.com>

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simonm@dcs.gla.ac.uk (Simon Marlow) writes:

>Ok, so now that we have Linux emulation, what is that chance of my
>being able to set up a Linux compilation environment under FreeBSD?

Is there really any practical reason why you would be wanting to build
linux bins on your FreeBSD machine ?

>I'd need include files, libraries, gcc, ld, as, ar, and various other
>tools, which presumably would all go under /compat/linux.  Can anyone
>foresee any problems with this?

Wouldn't it be just as easy to create a small 60 or so meg partition
and just install the development tools.

Cheers
-- 
Marcus Barczak <mjb@siva.apana.org.au>



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