Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 16:51:28 +0800 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FreeBSD and BSDI binary compatibility Message-ID: <19980422165128.31704@papillon.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980420202903.17940P-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>; from Doug White on Mon, Apr 20, 1998 at 08:29:22PM -0700 References: <9804210003.AA13563@elan.com> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980420202903.17940P-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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On Mon, 20 April 1998 at 20:29:22 -0700, Doug White wrote: > On Mon, 20 Apr 1998, Lynn Gazis wrote: > >> Will binaries compiled on FreeBSD also run on BSDI? > > Probably not. FreeBSD's binary format is pretty unique. Depends on what > you're doing though. In fact, FreeBSD uses the old a.out format which has been around for decades. It's also one of the few things in which FreeBSD lags behind the times, though that is about to change. BSDI used to use the same format, and I'm sure it will still understand it. Any compatibility problems will be matters of detail or shared libraries. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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