i386 binaris on ia64

[Marcel Moolenaar]

On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 01:29:42PM -0400, John Baldwin wrote:
> 
> On 15-Jul-2003 Marcel Moolenaar wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 06:33:54PM -0500, Scot W. Hetzel wrote:
> >> Also, the FreeBSD FP binaries require the i386 compat4x
> >> libraries (libc.so.4).  Does the ia64 provide the i386 compat4x libraries?
> > 
> > Not at this time.
> 
> Couldn't you just use the compat4x libs from the i386 port and stick them
> under /compat/ia32/ or whatever its called?

Yes, but I'm not sure we're complete. I think the compat4x bits are
designed to amend existing i386 libraries and only include those
that had a version bump. On ia64 we would then not have those that
did not have a version bump.

I think it's better to make it a port. That way it's more easily
shared with amd64 (if applicable).

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