From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 31 20:04:25 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA13297 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 31 Jan 1999 20:04:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail2.rochester.rr.com (mail2-1.twcny.rr.com [24.92.226.140]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA13291 for ; Sun, 31 Jan 1999 20:04:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from leisner@rochester.rr.com) Received: from rochester.rr.com ([24.93.25.38]) by mail2.rochester.rr.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.2 release 221 ID# 0-53939U80000L80000S0V35) with ESMTP id com; Sun, 31 Jan 1999 23:05:40 -0500 Received: from dw.home (leisner@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rochester.rr.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA01172; Sun, 31 Jan 1999 23:04:13 -0500 Message-Id: <199902010404.XAA01172@rochester.rr.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 Reply-to: leisner@rochester.rr.com To: root@isis.dynip.com cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Did I hear someone say Communicator 4.5 for FreeBSD? In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 29 Jan 1999 00:35:12 +0300." <199901282136.AAA13827@isis.dynip.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 23:04:13 -0500 From: "Marty Leisner" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Linux has had a.out support for years... This is an advantage (since, for example), I just downloaded a binary for an online service which used a.out linux support and it ran... You should keep a.out for practical reasons (i.e. libc based programs should run as binaries programs on a wide range of systems... When did the elf transition take place? It wasn't in any of the 3.0-SNAPs I got up and running (I haven't got a 3.0 system running yet). > Hi guys, > Like Greg said, FreeBSD is supporting aout binaries, but not for long. > If you have an ELF system, that means, Kernel is ELF, All binaries of > the system are ELF, and all newly compiled binaries, from ports, etc > are going to be ELF, but for a limited period of time, if you have an > old binary compiled when your system was aout, or if you got the binary > in aout format, you will be able to run it without noticing any > difference. > A point here worths mentioning, if you have a choice, select the ELF > binary, because SOON enough, FreeBSD will DUMP aout altogether, this > will make the system tighter, faster, and causing less headaches to > developers, but will be a period of CHAOS, when a specific binary stop > working then you find out it was an aout one. > > Happy ELFing. > > -- > - MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU. ~o .^. > ---------------------------- ___ o~ .00 ) > Static Email : osiris2002@yahoo.com /| o~ /)( > Bouncing Email : root@isis.dynip.com / | | \ > Web Site : http://isis.dynip.com:80 (Frames) ___/ | / \ > Anon FTP Site : ftp://isis.dynip.com:21 (anonymous) | /''___/ / | > Gopher Site : gopher://isis.dynip.com:70 | /'''/___/ | > Network News : isis.dynip.com (Read, Post, Xfer) __|/'''/ > Mailing Lists : majordomo@isis.dynip.com (public) > pgp key : finger root@isis.dynip.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message Marty Leisner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message