[5.x] building. 4.x binaries ?

Dan Nelson dnelson at allantgroup.com
Sat Nov 8 09:07:32 PST 2003


In the last episode (Nov 08), Jacques Beigbeder said:
> Since FreeBSD 5.x include 4.x dynamic libraries, is there any way on
> a 5.x box to build (with gcc) binaries which will run on a 4.x box?

No, since you also need 4.x headers and 4.x static libraries.  You can
do this if you install 4.x in a chroot, or you can set up a vmware or
bochs virtual machine running 4.x

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	Dan Nelson
	dnelson at allantgroup.com


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