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From: rjb@intac.com (Bob Badaracco)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Binary compatibility with SunOS, Solaris, netBSD, etc
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 13:29:13 -0600
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Message-ID: <rjb-3008961329130001@palpk-s5.intac.com>
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I've been trying to determine exactly how compatible, if at all, freeBSD
is for running binaries from other flavors of BSD. Is it safe to say
that most binaries will run under 2.1, 2.1.5?