Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 11:55:07 -0800 From: Tim Traver <tt-list@simplenet.com> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Running i386 scripts in 5.3 Message-ID: <4223771B.1010008@simplenet.com> In-Reply-To: <20050228021741.GC13696@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <42217E4B.10102@simplenet.com> <20050228021741.GC13696@dragon.nuxi.com>
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Thanks David, I will be looking forward to 5.4-RELEASE to try that out... In the mean time, I think I have to go ahead and build the box with i386... Tim. David O'Brien wrote: >On Sun, Feb 27, 2005 at 12:01:15AM -0800, Tim Traver wrote: > > >>ok, I have read a bunch of the posts on the subject, and it seems like a >>fairly complicated subject. >> >> >.. > > >>However, I didn't realize that there are several binaries that I need to >>run that are i386 binaries, and there is no way for me to re-compile them. >> >>I've tried the /usr/src/tools/lib32/build32.sh script, and although it >>appeared to work, there were many wanrings. When trying to run my >>binaries, it get core dumps. >> >>Is there a better way to do this ? or should I just recompile the kernel >>using i386 to be sure ? >> >> > >You should upgrade to a 5.4 prerelease snapshot (or just wait for >5.4-RELEASE). 5.4 will be released sometime in April. If you need >something now, CVSup to RELENG_5 and build your system (after this >weekend). > > > >>And is there a roadmap to get a nice clean method for running i386 >>binaries ? what about i386 binaries from 4.x ? >> >> > >There will a clean way to run i386 4.x binaries be for 5.4-RELEASE. > > >
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