Re: linux abi
On Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 07:04:22PM -0500, Michael Heironimus wrote:
> > > > I was trying to run an SCO binary in woody (with 2.4bf24 kernel) and
> > > > noticed that linux abi is neither enclosed in woody nor in sid.
>
> This brings back a memory, from the distant past (OK, 3-4 years ago, but
> hey, for some of us remembering that far back is a challenge). I
> remember that there used to be an "ibcs" kernel module. ibcs was Intel
> Binary Compatibility Specification (or something similar), and it was an
> external package, not part of the kernel itself. The documentation
> mentioned being able to run binaries from SCO and some other Intel-based
> types of UNIX, as long as you had the dynamic libraries for them
> available. I don't know what ever happened with that, though.
It's in all of potato, woody, sarge, and sid. Look for ibcs-base,
ibcs-source-2.0, and ibcs-source-2.2.
(I don't know if there's a 2.4 add-on available. If there is, it isn't
packaged.)
Cheers,
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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