Subject: pkg/8856: No package for FreeBSD ELF emulation
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: Charles M. Hannum <mycroft@MIT.EDU>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 11/22/1999 19:34:45
>Number: 8856
>Category: pkg
>Synopsis: No package for FreeBSD ELF emulation
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: low
>Responsible: pkg-manager (NetBSD software packages system bug manager)
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Mon Nov 22 19:33:01 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Charles M. Hannum
>Organization:
The NetBSD Mission
>Release: -current as of 19991117
>Environment:
i386 (of course)
>Description:
pkgsrc/emulators/freebsd_lib (and possibly the kernel, though
I haven't checked) supports only FreeBSD a.out executables,
not ELF.
>How-To-Repeat:
I got a beta version of some software in FreeBSD ELF format,
but presumably you can download an ELF executable from
freebsd.org to reproduce.
>Fix:
Not supplied, but should be easy.
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: