Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 08:40:56 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: <ia64@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: i386 compatibility ... Message-ID: <20020415083909.O26844-100000@salmon.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <20020413114828.A25574@dragon.nuxi.com>
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On Sat, 13 Apr 2002, David O'Brien wrote: > On Sat, Apr 13, 2002 at 03:51:22PM +0100, Doug Rabson wrote: > > ... is coming along nicely: > ... > > I'll be trying to get shared libraries going next. > > Before you get too far ahead we should discuss shared libraries, as > x86-64 will need to do this also. Will we build i386 shared libs? It > seems we would want to. Will we just have the user install a compat lib? > Considering the speed at which -current moves.... Initially, I'm just going to copy a set from an i386 current box. Long term, I'm not sure. Given that the main aim for this is for binary compatiblity with FreeBSD/i386, perhaps a package containing a suitable set of libraries from -stable would be sufficient? -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Phone: +44 20 8348 6160 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ia64" in the body of the message
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