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Date:      Fri, 30 Jan 1998 07:02:53 -0500
From:      dmaddox@scsn.net (Donald J. Maddox)
To:        Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>, KrOnUs <kronus@null.net>
Cc:        Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Compiling Linux Source -> Linux Binary on FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <19980130070253.54234@scsn.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980129213704.1248n-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>; from Doug White on Thu, Jan 29, 1998 at 09:37:45PM -0800
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980129143756.12066A-100000@millennium.net> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980129213704.1248n-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>

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On Thu, Jan 29, 1998 at 09:37:45PM -0800, Doug White wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Jan 1998, KrOnUs wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Hi all..
> > 
> > Is it possible to compile linux source code into a linux binary
> > so that it will run under the linux emulator under FreeBSD?
> > 
> > I presume I've have to rip the include's etc. off of an existing linux box
> > and transfer them over to the BSD box but is there an easy way to do this?
> > (i.e making gcc look at the linux includes instead of the native
> > includes).
> 
> What?
> 
> AFAIK there are no Linux cross-compilers for FreeBSD.  Just build the
> desired bits on the linux machine, copy over to the FreeBSD machine, load
> the linuxulator, run brandelf -t Linux binary if you need to, and have
> fun.

This is what the linux_devel port is for.  I build Linux binaries all the
time on FreeBSD.



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