Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 10:46:01 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: scott@dcs.qmw.ac.uk (Scott Mitchell) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux emulation and ELF Message-ID: <199606191746.KAA13283@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199606191201.NAA06855@andromeda> from "Scott Mitchell" at Jun 19, 96 01:01:55 pm
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> I'm sure this has been asked before, but I must have missed it. Is it > possible to run Linux ELF binaries under the FreeBSD Linux emulation? If > so, how much do I need to upgrade my 2.1R setup to make it work? Want to > run the Java devkit, but it's all ELF. Running Linux ELF binaries requires at least -stable, if not actually -current. The Linux emulation in the 2.1R is for Linux a.out binaries only. There is a JDK "port" for regular FreeBSD-current. It requires (I believe) Netscape b2 (the current version of Netscape is b4). I believe the JDK uses shared context variables across applets, which is a huge security hole. I don't know how the JDK can run in a fixed implementation, without changes. I suspect there will need to be a definition of an authenticated IPC mechanism some time soon for the bugfixed versions. Otherwise, run a non-bugfixed version (like b2), but don't go out on the net with it. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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