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Date:      Fri, 6 Feb 1998 07:48:01 -0800 (PST)
From:      Alex <garbanzo@hooked.net>
To:        John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au>
Cc:        sysseh@workcover.qld.gov.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Elves wanted - apply within
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980206074524.236A-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org>
In-Reply-To: <199802060825.TAA11003@cimlogic.com.au>

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On Fri, 6 Feb 1998, John Birrell wrote:

> Alex wrote:
> > However, I
> > think that you can build world with an ELF target to get a fully ELFable
> > system, however a few things relying on an a.out kernel will break.
> 
> I don't think you can build an ELF system without using John Polstra's
> ELF kit. As far as I can see, there are no ELF tools in the tree at
> present. These are going to come from binutils.

Whoops.  I forgot that part.  But, after building and installing the ELF
kit, I think all one needs to do is tweak a few bsd.*.mk files.  Or make
binformat=elf world.  At least that's what I remember being told. 

- alex




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