From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Nov 10 13:38:19 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id NAA11202 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 10 Nov 1995 13:38:19 -0800 Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id NAA11196 for ; Fri, 10 Nov 1995 13:38:13 -0800 Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id VAA13025; Fri, 10 Nov 1995 21:34:42 GMT From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199511102134.VAA13025@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Compiling Linux Binaries under FreeBSD To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1995 21:34:42 +0000 () Cc: Jerry.Kendall@vmicls.com, julian@ref.tfs.com, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <19045.816013401@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Nov 10, 95 06:23:21 am MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 1296 Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Jordan K. Hubbard stands accused of saying: > > > Not a complaint here, BUT, why would someone want to > > compile and run all the LINUX binaries while running FreeBSD ??? > > I don't think there are many good reasons. In fact, I'll run the risk > of offending a few people by saying that it'd be downright stupid. As the original poster has already explained, the intention is to use the single machine (the only one available to them) for simultaneous cross- platform development and testing. To me, this sounds quite reasonable; along the lines of the not inconsiderable number of DOS and Windows developers who use OS/2 as their preferred development and testing platform. > general populace. Being able to run things like Linux Wingz, > WordPerfect or the Caldera desktop - now THAT makes sense. I still haven't been able to find that pestiferous WP demo. Does anyone have a URL for it? > Jordan -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 041-122-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" -Terry Lambert UNIX: live FreeBSD or die! [[