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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA902 ; Tue, 09 Feb 93 13:00:28 EST Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!bruce.cs.monash.edu.au!monu6!escargot!minyos.xx.rmit.OZ.AU!s902113 From: s902113@minyos.xx.rmit.OZ.AU (Luke Mewburn) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: Sorry guys, another FAQ Date: 8 Feb 1993 15:17:00 GMT Organization: RMIT Computer Centre Lines: 25 Message-ID: <1l5thcINN3l8@escargot.xx.rmit.OZ.AU> References: <1l287eINN8f2@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au cq019@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Preston Landers) writes: > I'm sure this is another FAQ, but is 386bsd binary compatible >with unix? Can I take a file out of comp.sources.unix and compile and >run it? Thanks! Well, in a sense it is binary compatible with unix - itself. 386BSD _is_ an implementation of unix (and a good one for the price - even including the cost of downloading/floppies). No, it's not binary compatible with other i386 based unix's. And, of course, it's not (execution) binary compatible with non-i386 machines :) On the 2nd point, you should be able to take stuff posted to c.s.u and compile it (maybe with some tinkering - but since most stuff to c.s.u works with no probs on BSD derived systems, there are less porting problems than say to a sysv/bsd mix (which I'm also familiar with a few of)). In fact, most reasonably portable unix source will compile and run OK on 386bsd. >-- >-------------------------------------------------------------------------- >PRESTON LANDERS cq019@cleveland.freenet.edu >"The man in the crowd with the multicolored mirrors on his hobnail boots." >--------------------------------------------------------------------------