Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Thu, 09 Nov 1995 12:08:02 +0000
From:      Simon Marlow <simonm@dcs.gla.ac.uk>
To:        mjb@siva.apana.org.au (Marcus Barczak)
Cc:        apana-lists-os-freebsd-hackers@apana.org.au
Subject:   Re: Compiling Linux Binaries under FreeBSD 
Message-ID:  <199511091212.XAA04990@core.apana.org.au>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "09 Nov 1995 16:47:56 %2B1100."             <47s4mc$1v1@siva.apana.org.au> 

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help

> >Ok, so now that we have Linux emulation, what is that chance of my
> >being able to set up a Linux compilation environment under FreeBSD?
> 
> Is there really any practical reason why you would be wanting to build
> linux bins on your FreeBSD machine ?

Yes.  The software we are developing requires a Linux and a FreeBSD
port, and we only have one machine available.

> >I'd need include files, libraries, gcc, ld, as, ar, and various other
> >tools, which presumably would all go under /compat/linux.  Can anyone
> >foresee any problems with this?
> 
> Wouldn't it be just as easy to create a small 60 or so meg partition
> and just install the development tools.

No, because that means rebooting - so no simultaneous FreeBSD/Linux
development.

It was a legitimate question!

Cheers,
	Simon

--
Simon Marlow						 simonm@dcs.gla.ac.uk
Research Assistant			    http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~simonm/
finger for PGP public key



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?199511091212.XAA04990>