Date: Sun, 22 Dec 1996 01:46:38 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Meir Dukhan <mdukhan@bis.co.il> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, mdukhan@quasi.bis.co.il Subject: Re: Enabling Linux shared libs support Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961222014452.243G-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <32BD0007.167EB0E7@bis.co.il>
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On Sun, 22 Dec 1996, Meir Dukhan wrote: > > 21.1. How to install the Linux emulator > > > > Linux emulation in FreeBSD has reached a point where it is possible to run a large > > fraction of Linux binaries in both a.out and ELF format. The linux emulation in > > the -STABLE branch is capable of running Linux DOOM and Mathematica; the version > > present in FreeBSD-CURRENT is vastly more capable and runs all these as well as > > Quake, Abuse, IDL, netrek for Linux and a whole host of other programs. > > Question: as I understand that a shared librairy is a kind of > executable, is it possible to "run", under freebsd 2.x.x, shared libs in > linux-elf/a.out format (e.g: Motif shared libs) ? Is one ever try it ? Linux ELF binaries, with the elfkit applied, apparently work. This was in -current some time ago and I don't know the status of it at present. I believe libs are ELF/a.out transparent though. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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