Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 09:37:58 +0200 From: Geert Hendrickx <geert.hendrickx@ua.ac.be> To: Subhro <subhro.kar@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Compiling 4-RELEASE on 5-STABLE Message-ID: <20041014073758.GA31232@lori.mine.nu> In-Reply-To: <b2807d0404101400011e9774e8@mail.gmail.com> References: <20041014000024.T27161@dante.zefram.net> <b2807d0404101321223f96161e@mail.gmail.com> <20041014011057.P22475@dante.zefram.net> <b2807d0404101400011e9774e8@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 12:31:33PM +0530, Subhro wrote: > > What about my question about boot strapping? Does that ensure that > > I could compile the world/kernel of 4.x on 5.3? > > John > No it does not. To be precise as far as I know, there is no way you > can compile a native 4.X binary of any kind (application, kernel, > bootstrap, you name it) on a 5.X box. Although you CAN run native 4.X > [...] As a side note, with NetBSD you CAN do this. You can even compile NetBSD/vax on a Linux/ppc box. :-) That's how they build releases for their obscurer architectures all the time. GH -- :wq
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