Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 09:43:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: Karl Denninger <karl@denninger.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Compiling under 5.x for 4.x releases? Message-ID: <20030614094129.W79103@carver.gumbysoft.com> In-Reply-To: <20030614113234.A557@Denninger.Net> References: <20030614113234.A557@Denninger.Net>
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On Sat, 14 Jun 2003, Karl Denninger wrote: > Can it be done with a command-line switch to the compiler or gcc, or am I > consigned to dual-booting? You mean building apps linked against 4.X libs vs. 5.X? With some creative -L flags you might be able to get it to not use /usr/lib/libc* and use /usr/lib/compat/libc* instead, which has copies of certain 4.X libs in it. Let us know if you get it working :) > I know the libraries are there for runtime, but can you build executables > for them? The executables are the exact same format. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org
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