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From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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To: Barry Masterson <jbarrm@panix.com>
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD C executables on NetBSD?
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On Mon, 18 Nov 1996, Barry Masterson wrote:

> Thanks for responding Doug. I tried a simple Hello World program,
> and it did not work.  I was hopeing the similar architectures would
> be close enough, or that there was an "#INCLUDE <netbsd.compatible.h>"
> library, or something.
> 
> Compile on NetBSD? Thats an option I'm now considering, adding a
> small NetBSD system to this FreeBSD box.

That would be the best.  You can't guarantee binary compatibility without
checking with the developers first.  It may be that the NetBSD folks have
FreeBSD binary compatibiilty, but it may need to be activated. (I highly
doubt it, NetBSD and FreeBSD are quite different)


Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major