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Date:      Thu, 15 Feb 2001 18:17:31 -0600
From:      Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
To:        "Jeremy Falcon" <jeremy@kfx2.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: compiling on 4.2 to use on 3.3
Message-ID:  <14988.29083.206228.607413@guru.mired.org>
In-Reply-To: <50304134@toto.iv>

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Jeremy Falcon <jeremy@kfx2.com> types:
> I'm hoping to install FreeBSD 4.2 at work.  I want to start doing our web
> development in a compiled language (like c) instead of PHP, Perl, etc.  Our
> web host doesn't allow us shell access, but only a cheesy web interface.  I
> believe they are using FreeBSD 3.3 for their web servers.  I haven't tried
> this before, so I want to know if I compile an executable on 4.2 will it run
> on 3.3?  I'm not concerned with file formats (i.e., ELF, a.out), just if
> it'll run or not.  I think it will, but I want to be sure.  If not I'll dust
> off my copy of 3.3.

Not without some work on your part - and maybe not even then. Probably
best just to build on 3.3.

	<mike
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Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>			http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/
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