Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 07:22:55 +1000 From: Greg Black <gjb@gbch.net> To: bmah@packetdesign.com Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Development for older FreeBSD releases Message-ID: <nospam-994886575.58246@maxim.gbch.net> In-Reply-To: <200107112113.f6BLDgQ81686@nimitz.packetdesign.com> of Wed, 11 Jul 2001 14:13:36 MST References: <200107112113.f6BLDgQ81686@nimitz.packetdesign.com>
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Bruce A. Mah wrote: | I need to make an executable to run on an i386 box running FreeBSD 2.2.X | machine. Unfortunately, it has no compiler installed on it. All of the | computers I have at my disposal currently are i386s running 4-STABLE or | 5-CURRENT. Upgrading the target machine is not an option. | | Is it even possible to try doing a "cross-compile" to such an old | version of FreeBSD? (I'm primarily thinking of a.out vs. ELF issues...a | quick experiment already informed me that I'm lacking an appropriate | crt0.o.) | | Or am I better off trying somehow to build up a 2.2.X machine to do | development on? Building a new development box from a set of 2.2.8 CDs would certainly be a simple and guaranteed method if that's an option for you. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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