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From: andreas@knobel.GUN.de (Andreas Klemm)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: 386bsd and AT&T SVR4 compatibility
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Date: 27 Dec 92 23:59:26 GMT
References: <1992Dec22.121831.4481@ghost.dsi.unimi.it>
Organization: Andreas Klemm, 4040 Neuss, Germany
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In <1992Dec22.121831.4481@ghost.dsi.unimi.it> marelli@ghost.dsi.unimi.it (Paolo Marelli) writes:

| I'm very interested in obtain some information about
| compatibility between 386bsd an AT&T SVR4 or similar
| unix version like Consensys.

| Do the excutables use the same format ?

System V Rel.: 4	ELF-format
			supports COFF as well

386bsd:			a.out format.

No way to exchange binaries between 386bsd and traditional SYSV Systems.

Andreas.
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