Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 16:46:15 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Shawn Ramsey <shawn@luke.cpl.net> Cc: chaos@tgci.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Excite using BSDI or Linux emulation Message-ID: <19970826164615.52775@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970825221801.14471A-100000@luke.cpl.net>; from Shawn Ramsey on Mon, Aug 25, 1997 at 10:19:40PM -0700 References: <19970826122932.64429@lemis.com> <Pine.BSF.3.95.970825221801.14471A-100000@luke.cpl.net>
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On Mon, Aug 25, 1997 at 10:19:40PM -0700, Shawn Ramsey wrote: >> On Mon, Aug 25, 1997 at 01:29:17PM -0700, Shawn Ramsey wrote: >>>> One of my users d/l'ed the BSDI version of Excite. Do I need to do >>>> anything special to use the BSDI version of Excite on fbsd 2.2.2-R? >>>> Should I use Linux emulation instead? Any pros or cons for bsdi vs >>>> linux? >>>> >>>> I know how to enable Linux emulation, but a (very) quick look >>>> at the docs didn't turn up anything on bsdi emulation. Do I need to >>>> build a new kernel for bsdi? >>> >>> Nothing special needs to be done for BSDI emulation, and all the BSD's are >>> somewhat compatible with each other. I know BSDI can run at least some >>> FreeBSD binaries, and FreeBSD can run NetBSD binaries, and probably >>> OpenBSD as well. >> >> Unfortunately, this is no longer completely true. Version 3.0 of >> BSD/OS apparently uses ELF binaries, which FreeBSD doesn't understand >> (yet). On the other hand, there is almost perfect compatibility with >> BSD/OS a.out binaries (the old standard, and the one that most >> software is probably still produced in). > > I didnt know that. But I really doubt the excite search engine was > compiled for 3.0. I believe it is mostly in perl anyhow. BTW, do BSDI 3.0 > binaries work on BSDI 2.1? (offtopic I know, just curious) Unfortunately, I've moved house since I got the 3.0 CD, and I haven't seen it since, so I can't check, but I'm pretty sure that old BSD/OS a.out objects will run fine under BSD/OS 3.0. Note that FreeBSD objects will *not* run under BSD/OS. Greg
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