Subject: re: netscape on sparc?
To: None <port-sparc@NetBSD.ORG>
From: matthew green <mrg@eterna.com.au>
List: port-sparc
Date: 01/30/2001 19:06:09
OK, well, here's what i can guess is what is needed for compat stuff
on sparc64.
- 32 bit shared libraries must live under /emul/netbsd32,
including the ld.so for this library.
- this means normal 1.5 `sparc' usr/lib/*.so* and
usr/libexec/ld.*so, plus a.out libraries (shared) in to
emul/aout/usr/lib. [*]
- compat sunos & svr4 aren't going to work at all because
they have not concept of being compiled as `64 bit' beyond
actually compiling yet. ie, there needs to be a 32 bit
version of compat sunos, plus, a 32 bit & a 64 bit compat
svr4. currently, for sparc64, none of this is done AFAIK.
maybe compat_svr4 as is works for 64 bit solaris binaries.
[*] it would be really cool if there was a `pkg' for installing
these items in place, like other compat pkgs.