From owner-freebsd-current Fri Mar 15 23:01:04 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id XAA09537 for current-outgoing; Fri, 15 Mar 1996 23:01:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA09530 for ; Fri, 15 Mar 1996 23:01:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id RAA16527; Sat, 16 Mar 1996 17:42:29 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199603160712.RAA16527@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Elfkit release 1.1 is now available To: coredump@nervosa.com (invalid opcode) Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 17:42:28 +1030 (CST) Cc: jdp@polstra.com, freebsd-current@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "invalid opcode" at Mar 15, 96 10:24:53 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 == -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[