Return to BSD News archive
Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!venus.sun.com!ames!cnn.nas.nasa.gov!lestat.nas.nasa.gov!thorpej 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 Lines: 16 Message-ID: <44q5rl$ip6@cnn.nas.nasa.gov> References: <44cakv$qk1@panix2.panix.com> <44hrv2$cg3@luva.lb.bawue.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lestat.nas.nasa.gov Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:7025 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:1127 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:1110 In article <44hrv2$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. -- Jason R. Thorpe thorpej@nas.nasa.gov NASA Ames Research Center Home: 408.866.1912 NAS: M/S 258-6 Work: 415.604.0935 Moffett Field, CA 94035 Pager: 415.428.6939