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From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
Reply-To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Philipp Reichmuth <uzsv2k@uni-bonn.de>
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Subject: Re: ELF binaries (part II)
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On Wed, 12 Nov 1997, Philipp Reichmuth wrote:

> Would it cause much of a problem to enable ELF binaries natively in
> FreeBSD? (we once had it, i think)
> 
> That doesn't mean ELF as the _default_ format, but i think it should be
> possible, or am I _very_ wrong?

Yes, it's possible using John Polstra's elfkit.  Check the -hackers mail
archives at http://www.freebsd.org for location and instructions.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major