Re: Debian/GNU Freebsd (+binary compatablity?)
On Thu, Feb 18, 1999 at 09:39:50PM -0800, Joseph Carter wrote:
> Partially true. FreeBSD supprots a.out and ELF. It's a dual-target
> system now.
The explanation I have from a FreeBSD-fan guy I know is that
Linux switched to ELF to get better shared library support; FreeBSD had
just as good support on a.out, so there was no rush to switch.
Hamish
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