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From: thorpej@lestat.nas.nasa.gov (Jason R. Thorpe)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: BSD Binary Compatibility
Date: 3 Oct 1995 02:06:45 GMT
Organization: Numerical Aerodynamic Simulation Project - NASA Ames
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In article <44hrv2$cg3@luva.lb.bawue.de>,
Michael Giegerich <migieger@luva.lb.bawue.de> wrote:

>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.

Compatibility with BSDI 1.x works extremely well under NetBSD/i386.

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