Date: Mon, 25 Aug 1997 22:19:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Shawn Ramsey <shawn@luke.cpl.net> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: chaos@tgci.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Excite using BSDI or Linux emulation Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970825221801.14471A-100000@luke.cpl.net> In-Reply-To: <19970826122932.64429@lemis.com>
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> 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)
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