migrating to amd64

[steve%prd.co.uk@localhost (Steve Blinkhorn)]

First of all, thanks to those of you who helped me with pointers re.
Firefox and OpenOffice (or rather libreoffice).   I do wonder whether
there might not be a simple way of signposting some of this stuff,
e.g. having a dummy entry in pkgsrc for OpenOffice.   We can't all
keep our eye on the ball day-to-day with changes like this..

Can I ask whether BSD/OS compatibility was ever present in
amd64, and if so was its removal just due to perceived lack of
interest or to technical difficulties?   I have a large base of
statically-linked BSD/OS executables that I have been able to use
unmodified for a couple of decades, but can't take over to amd64 at
present.   I am slightly aghast at the prospect of having to rebuild
the whole lot.   Might I be better off trying to build a virtual
BSD/OS machine to run on Xen?   Otherwise I will have to keep old
hardware running much beyond its plausible lifespan.

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Steve Blinkhorn <steve%prd.co.uk@localhost>

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