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Subject: Re: Native & Linux ELF support finally there...
To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard)
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 08:23:49 +0100 (MET)
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In reply to Jordan K. Hubbard who wrote:
> 
> > The upshot of all this is that the COMPAT_LINUX flag should go away;
> > it's a pain in the ass to have to rebuild a kernel in order to run
> > Linux binary compatability.
> 
> I agree.  In connection with the current Linux emulation, this is the
> #1 question I get ("I try to run my Linux binary and it says can't
> execute binary file, what do I doooooooo?!").

You guys should read your commits mail a little closer :)
It is no longer needed to have the compat linux option in there
and hasn't been for at least a week or so :) :)
If you want to link the emulator in statically, you  would need
an options LINUX...

Someone should probably fix the FAQ and such, but it is ONLY true
for -current...

Back to work...

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