Re: Compat_Linux

[Jason Ish <jason@codemonkey.net>]

Peter Fairbrother <peter.fairbrother@ntlworld.com> writes:

> Has anyone any recent experience of the Compat_linux kernel option? The man
> page is dated 1995, which doesn't inspire much confidence. Does it work at

The dates in man pages don't necessarily mean the date that it is
current for.

> all? with eg Linux 2.2 or 2.4 binaries? I'm just looking for general
> impressions.

Yes it does.  At this time it is strongly suggested to use the
redhat_base port which uses libraries from Redhat 6.2.  Not everything
works, but we do have ports such as Opera and Netscape that do run.