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From: kim@dde.dk (Kim Andersen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.apps
Subject: Re: [available] sound applications: xboing, tracker and NetBSD-0.8.sound
Message-ID: <1993Oct9.142719.26781@dde.dk>
Date: 9 Oct 93 14:27:19 GMT
References: <294plg$c9e@pdq.coe.montana.edu> <hastyCELqH6.2A7@netcom.com> <29507g$ci5@pdq.coe.montana.edu> <hastyCELusx.8xn@netcom.com>
Organization: Dansk Data Elektronik A/S
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hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) writes:
>I really don't care what is the current a.out format of the latest
>release of NetBSD or FreeBSD, the kernel in question is NetBSD-0.8.
>Is there anyone from NetBSD listening? Hello :-)
As clipped from the INSTALL_NOTES for ***> NetBSD-0.8 <******:
been performed. NetBSD is currently 100% binary compatible
with 386BSD, so programs like XFree86 which are already
available for 386BSD will install and run on NetBSD as easily
as on 386BSD.
On 18-Jun-93 the a.out magic number changes were committed to
****> NetBSD-current <****.
These changes are in effect in NetBSD-0.9 which is the current offering.
So, Amancio is right. His NetBSD-0.8 generated binaries do work on 386bsd.
And Nate is right, the default for NetBSD-0.9 is incompatable with 386bsd.
regards
kim
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