Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 14:44:06 +0100 From: Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <asmodai@bart.nl> To: rufas@globalnet.co.uk Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: backwards compatibility Message-ID: <19991221144406.E30756@lucifer.bart.nl> In-Reply-To: <01bf4beb$47e12b40$4ae593c3@nobody>; from rufas@globalnet.co.uk on Tue, Dec 21, 1999 at 07:40:48PM -0000 References: <01bf4beb$47e12b40$4ae593c3@nobody>
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-On [19991220 23:35], rufas@globalnet.co.uk (rufas@globalnet.co.uk) wrote: >Hello, > >I understand from your literature that freebsd will run binaries >compiled on bsdi or linux 'out of the box'. Can I assume that it is >also backward compatble? I wanted to comile modules on freebsd that >would run on bsdi (and possibly linux) in addition to freebsd. No. Those two are not mutually exchangeable. Your best bet is to use source code which is as portable as possible. But you are doomed to find an emulator for BSDi or Linux which runs FreeBSD binaries. -- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven Network- and systemadministrator <asmodai@bart.nl> bART Internet Services / Tel: +31 - (0) 10 - 240 39 70 VIA NET.WORKS Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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