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Date:      Sun, 11 Jul 1999 15:52:35 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Alex Zepeda <garbanzo@hooked.net>
To:        Nik Clayton <nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk>
Cc:        Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@scc.nl>, obrien@FreeBSD.ORG, Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/emulators/linux-base-5.2 - Imported sources
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9907111551410.275-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org>
In-Reply-To: <19990711221226.A32601@catkin.nothing-going-on.org>

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On Sun, 11 Jul 1999, Nik Clayton wrote:

> FreeBSD is a "better Linux than Linux", not a "better Linux than Redhat".
> Are there any circumstances where a (for example) Debian binary might not
> run with Redhat libs installed (or a SuSE binary, or a Caldera binary,
> or whatever)?

Sure, and I can think of two reasons off the top of my head:

* If it depends on libraries compiled with a specific compiler or a
certian libc

* If it depends on a specific file system layout (this is the only thing
that might be distribution dependant).

- alex

I thought felt your touch
In my car, on my clutch
But I guess it's just someone who felt a lot like I remember you.
  - Translator



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