Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 17:04:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@packetdesign.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Development for older FreeBSD releases Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0107111702390.59419-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <200107112113.f6BLDgQ81686@nimitz.packetdesign.com>
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Get teh 'bin' distribution from a 2.2 CD (or even possibly still online somewhere..) unpack it on a machine.... chroot into it... all binaries shuold still work except for 'ps' etc. On Wed, 11 Jul 2001, Bruce A. Mah wrote: > Hi fellow -hackers-- > > 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? > > Thanks for any insights... > > Bruce. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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