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From: migieger@luva.lb.bawue.de (Michael Giegerich)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: BSD Binary Compatibility
Date: 29 Sep 1995 23:28:50 +0100
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In article <44cakv$qk1@panix2.panix.com>,
Binesh Bannerjee <binesh@panix.com> wrote:
>Hi... I'm primarily interested in writing CGI's for various servers, and I
>was wondering... If I compile programs on freebsd (for example) would they
>run on bsdi? Or vice versa, or netbsd and same question?

FreeBSD-2.x and BSD/OS 2.x binaries aren't compatible any more
(for their shared libraries). However BSDI-1.x should work on 
FreeBSD systems.

Don't know for NetBSD.

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Michael Giegerich, E-Mail: migieger@luva.lb.bawue.de, Voice: +49 7144 39337