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From: kpn@thunder.catt.ncsu.edu (Kevin P. Neal)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: ffs & sunos?
Date: 18 Nov 1994 23:26:45 GMT
Organization: North Carolina State University
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Theo de Raadt (deraadt@fsa.ca) wrote:
: BSD 4.4 does not have shared libraries.

NetBSD does have shared libraries. NetBSD was derived from 4.4BSD, with some old
code from Net/2 that has been taken out.

Where did the shared libraries come from? Did the NetBSD people put them in, or
were they in 4.4BSD? Curious minds want to know......
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