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Date:      Sat, 16 Mar 1996 17:42:28 +1030 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        coredump@nervosa.com (invalid opcode)
Cc:        jdp@polstra.com, freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Elfkit release 1.1 is now available
Message-ID:  <199603160712.RAA16527@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960315222321.4375A-100000@onyx.nervosa.com> from "invalid opcode" at Mar 15, 96 10:24:53 pm

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invalid opcode stands accused of saying:
> 
> So I need all this crap just to execute Linux ELF programs?!?! That's 
> like 8+ megs just for the source! If all I want to do is exceute Linux 
> ELF binaries, for instance, ls; do I even need Elfkit?

No, you are not understanding. 8)

ELFkit is for producing native FreeBSD ELF binaries.  To run Linux ELF 
binaries you need a -current system and the binary.  If the binary is linked 
shared, you need appropriate _linux_ shared libraries for it.

> == Chris Layne ======================================== Nervosa Computing ==

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