Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 18:17:41 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> To: Tim Traver <tt-list@simplenet.com> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Running i386 scripts in 5.3 Message-ID: <20050228021741.GC13696@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <42217E4B.10102@simplenet.com> References: <42217E4B.10102@simplenet.com>
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On Sun, Feb 27, 2005 at 12:01:15AM -0800, Tim Traver wrote: > ok, I have read a bunch of the posts on the subject, and it seems like a > fairly complicated subject. .. > However, I didn't realize that there are several binaries that I need to > run that are i386 binaries, and there is no way for me to re-compile them. > > I've tried the /usr/src/tools/lib32/build32.sh script, and although it > appeared to work, there were many wanrings. When trying to run my > binaries, it get core dumps. > > Is there a better way to do this ? or should I just recompile the kernel > using i386 to be sure ? You should upgrade to a 5.4 prerelease snapshot (or just wait for 5.4-RELEASE). 5.4 will be released sometime in April. If you need something now, CVSup to RELENG_5 and build your system (after this weekend). > And is there a roadmap to get a nice clean method for running i386 > binaries ? what about i386 binaries from 4.x ? There will a clean way to run i386 4.x binaries be for 5.4-RELEASE. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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