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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: will FreeBSD run BSDI binaries
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 07:11:27 -0700
Organization: Walnut Creek CDROM
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To: John Lucas <jlucas@uvi.edu>

John Lucas wrote:

> I like that. Which version of BSDI binaries (1.1, 2.0, ???) can 2.1-RELEASE
> run? Anything special that needs to be done to accomplish this?

It can run any 1.1 binary, 2.0 binary compatibility being something that
came in for 2.2 (and will be moved back into 2.1-STABLE very shortly).

Nothing special needs to be done - they're indistinguishable from
FreeBSD binaries as far as the user is concerned.
-- 
- Jordan Hubbard
  President, FreeBSD Project