Subject: Re: linux elf emul
To: Frank van der Linden <frank@fwi.uva.nl>
From: Berndt Josef Wulf <wulf@ping.net.au>
List: port-i386
Date: 02/08/1997 00:28:26
Frank van der Linden wrote
> 
> Quoting Michael Richardson,
> 
> >     Jason> Linux ELF executables _do_ work under NetBSD.
> 
> >   But not if you also have SVR4 emulation as well. Can
> > arch/i386/conf/GENERIC be changed to reflect this? One should be
> > enabled by default, I suggest linux.
> 
> No, no, no. Only _statically linked_ Linux binaries will not work because
> the SVR4 emulation will grab them (it gets there first). Dynamically linked
> binaries are fine, and they should be the majority of applications.

This explains why I had problems when trying to run statically linked
binaries. Many thanks for this info!!!! 

cheerio Berndt
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