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Date:      Thu, 5 Feb 1998 08:07:12 -1000
From:      richard@pegasus.com (Richard Foulk)
To:        freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: NetBSD emulation
Message-ID:  <199802051807.IAA09715@pegasus.com>
In-Reply-To: Allan Strand <astrand@linum.cofc.edu> "Re: NetBSD emulation" (Feb  5,  8:21am)

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} > NetBSD *IS* emulated by FreeBSD. The problem is that someone (Net ? Free 
} > ?) reversed the exec magic number. This means that FreeBSD recognizes the 
} > NetBSD Magic, load and starts the binary. The binary try to load the 
} > ld.so dynamic linker *BUT*, before, it checks the ld.so magic number and 
} > find it reversed !! (then it dies, spiting something about 'bad ld.so 
} > magic').
} > 

So what about fudging a copy with the magic number modified?


Richard



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