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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA867 ; Mon, 08 Feb 93 17:00:55 EST Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!yale.edu!ira.uka.de!smurf.sub.org!flatlin!bad From: bad@flatlin.ka.sub.org (Christoph Badura) Subject: Re: Sorry guys, another FAQ Organization: Guru Systems/Funware Department Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1993 18:56:20 GMT Message-ID: <C23Dxw.CAG@flatlin.ka.sub.org> References: <1l287eINN8f2@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> Lines: 19 In <1l287eINN8f2@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> cq019@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Preston Landers) writes: > I'm sure this is another FAQ, but is 386bsd binary compatible >with unix? To answer that question you have to tell us with exactly what unix you expect binary compatiblity. On the other hand, 386BSD is not binary compatible with any of the other Unixen for the Intel 386 architecture. > Can I take a file out of comp.sources.unix and compile and >run it? Thanks! Sure you can. That requires only source compatiblity. It requires some work sometimes, though. -- Christoph Badura --- bad@flatlin.ka.sub.org Personally, I don't care whether someone is cool enough to quote Doug Gwyn--I only care whether Doug Gwyn is cool enough to quote. -- Larry Wall