Re: When did ELF binary compatibility break? 4.x to 5.0?

From: Ivan Voras (iv_at_an.voras.fer)
Date: 03/30/04 

Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 11:44:36 +0200

Kris Kennaway wrote:

> No. You can usually get away with it for static binaries within a
> -STABLE branch (e.g. 4.9 binaries on 4.7), but occasionally even this
> will not work. Supporting what you describe has not been a goal of
> FreeBSD.

But the reverse, I have found, holds true - you can run e.g. 4.7 binaries on
4.9 and even 5.x (there are 4.x, 3.x etc. compatibilty libraries that you
can install by default; I was also pleasently surprised when I found 3rd
party binaries compiled for 3.x that run just fine). Is *that* a policy/safe
to assume?

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