Date: Fri, 24 Feb 1995 20:56:33 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@freefall.cdrom.com> To: Terry Lee <terryl@CS.Stanford.EDU> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: Binary compatibility with NetBSD Message-ID: <6152.793688193@freefall.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 24 Feb 95 19:21:20 PST." <Pine.SUN.3.91.950224191419.21399H-100000@Xenon.Stanford.EDU>
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> Huh? I'm sorry, but I guess I'm missing something here. I thought that > is was a high priority to keep NetBSD and FreeBSD and BSDI as binary > compatible as possible. Does this mean that future apps that use the *static* binary compatible, yes. If you want something to run on all the *BSDs, link it static. Otherwise all bets are off. In other words, compatility will have to take some conscious effort - it won't come purely for free. Jordan
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