Re: a.out binaries under NetBSD 1.6

Ben Harris <[email protected]> Wed, 11 Sep 2002 18:57:18 +0100 (BST)

Newsgroups	gmane.os.netbsd.ports.arm32,gmane.os.netbsd.ports.arm
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On Wed, 11 Sep 2002, Stefan Wuerthner wrote:

> how can I run my old a.out binaries under NetBSD 1.6/Netwinder?
>
> I tried to compile a new kernel with the option COMPAT_AOUT, but the compile
> run failed with the following error:

COMPAT_AOUT is an evil hack that causes a.out binaries to have a warped
view of the filesystem.  You probably just want EXEC_AOUT (which should
be in all netwinder kernels anyway -- what happens when you try to run
your a.out binaries?).

If you really want COMPAT_AOUT, I think files.arm needs to have the
following line added:

include "compat/aout/files.aout"

-- 
Ben Harris                                                   <[email protected]>
Portmaster, NetBSD/acorn26           <URL:http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/acorn26/>