Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 11:10:26 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Shawn Stepper <stepper@withinc.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FeeBSD 3.5 libc compatibility? Message-ID: <20000807111025.U4854@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <398EF847.9F1D4582@withinc.com>; from stepper@withinc.com on Mon, Aug 07, 2000 at 10:56:23AM -0700 References: <398EF847.9F1D4582@withinc.com>
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* Shawn Stepper <stepper@withinc.com> [000807 10:56] wrote: > I want to distribute software for FreeBSD, and I don't know the libc > change history. I built my binaries on FreeBSD 3.5. Will they run on > older FreeBSD installations? 3.0 or later? 3.2 or later? 3.5 only? I am > new to FreeBSD (but not Unix). I searched the documentation and couldn't > find the answer to this question. Please help me out! FreeBSD strives to be backwards compatible with older releases, but this doesn't mean that applications built on newer releases will work on older ones. (Sort of how win95 can run win31 apps.) If I were you, I'd generate binaries for both FreeBSD 3.5 and 4.1. -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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