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>
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> >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
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