Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 18:36:30 +0200 (CEST) From: Marc van Woerkom <marc.vanwoerkom@science-factory.com> To: dk@plab.ku.dk Cc: marko@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: compile in a.out Message-ID: <20000829163630.D02721E69@nil.science-factory.com> In-Reply-To: <39AB89B3.9C53B967@plab.ku.dk> (message from Dmitry Karasik on Tue, 29 Aug 2000 12:00:19 %2B0200) References: <84g0np1zb9.fsf@raven.plab.ku.dk> <20000828115050.C254@parish> <84d7it1ud6.fsf@raven.plab.ku.dk> <20000828184019.A254@parish> <39AB89B3.9C53B967@plab.ku.dk>
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> So, if you can't compile the thing in aout, there is a question:
> is FreeBSD supports aout development _at all_? There's no documentation and no examples;
> I found the object files on the neighbour machine and I succeed compiling my .so file,
> but it's not working - and I don't know, whether it's because the linker options were set wrong or
> because of any other reason? I couldn't find anything related to aout options and considerations.
> And, my point of view is, if even freebsd _can_ compile in aout, what does it worth if one can't figure out
> how?
A FreeBSD flavour of a.out was used in old FreeBSD versions, the
transition to ELF happened something during 4.0-CURRENT (wasn't that
last year?).
I don't know if it is intended for recent versions to generate
valid a.out somehow.
What should be still possible is to run them.
Example:
The FreeBSD netscape version was a.out the last time I looked.
You also needed X11 a.out libs for it to work.
This stuff was put into a compatibility package.
Eg this
ftp://ftp.freesoftware.com/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/4.1-RELEASE/compat3x/
Regards,
Marc
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