Subject: Re: ELF package binaries for NetBSD-current
To: None <port-mac68k@netbsd.org>
From: Reinier Jonker <rjgjonker@xs4all.nl>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 01/12/2002 18:47:27
On zaterdag, januari 12, 2002, at 05:51  PM, Frederick Bruckman wrote:

> On Sat, 12 Jan 2002, Reinier Jonker wrote:
>
>> Are there any ELF package binaries available yet?
>
> No. Of course not! For one thing, the "official" binary format for
> mac68k is still a.out.

Sorry :-)

>> I can't find anything on ftp.nl.netbsd.org or ftp.netbsd.org. Or am I
>> overlooking something?
>>
>> Otherwise I have to build everything myself :-(
>
> The good news is, ELF is mature and supported in pkgsrc, thanks to all
> the pain and torment i386 went through with the last major release, so
> unless there are undiscovered toolchain bugs, everything should work
> just fine. I hope you remembered to populate "/emul/aout/usr/lib",
> "/usr/aout/usr/X11R6/lib", and moved "/etc/ld.so.conf" to
> "/emul/aout/etc/ld.so.conf" before overwriting with the ELF versions, so
> your a.out packages still work. [If not, install the compat14 package.]

This is my first NetBSD version. I noticed a.out packages didn't work 
after I installed my first binary.
Do I only need the compat 14 package to run a.out packages?

--
Greetings,

Reinier Jonker