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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!hpg30a.csc.cuhk.hk!news.cuhk.edu.hk!newsfeeder.ust.hk!nntp.hk.super.net!news.iij.ad.jp!sranha.sra.co.jp!sranhc.sra.co.jp!sran230.sra.co.jp!soda From: soda@sra.CO.JP (Noriyuki Soda) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD and NetBSD exec formats Date: 15 Feb 1996 22:14:22 GMT Organization: Software Research Associates, Inc., Japan Lines: 14 Distribution: world Message-ID: <SODA.96Feb16071422@srapc133.sra.CO.JP> References: <311FA8F8.448@myp.com> <4fqgc2$ai4@helena.MT.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: srapc133.sra.co.jp In-reply-to: nate@trout.sri.MT.net's message of 13 Feb 1996 17:05:06 GMT >>>>> On 13 Feb 1996 17:05:06 GMT, nate@trout.sri.MT.net (Nate Williams) said: >> so that a program >> compiled on one OS will run on the other? > You can run NetBSD executables under FreeBSD, although I'm not sure if > the reverse is true. NetBSD-1.1 supports FreeBSD's executable format, if kernel config options include COMPAT_FREEBSD. Both static and dynamic linked FreeBSD executable runs under NetBSD-1.1. -- soda@sra.co.jp$B!!!!(BSoftware Research Associates, Inc.$B!!A>EDE/G7(B (Soda Noriyuki)