I sent the following to the Codeweavers (http://www.codeweavers.com) crossover discussion list, in response to a couple of mails about FreeBSD 5.0. However, I'm not totally sure it's the "right" answer -- if not, perhaps one of the developers can send a better answer? (One needs to be subscribed to the list to post.)
I think crossover is useful/important to many users, so a correct and useful answer to the codeweavers people is highly desirable. Thanks, Rahul ----- Forwarded message from Rahul Siddharthan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 23:48:00 -0500 From: Rahul Siddharthan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Discuss] FreeBSD 5.0 Version of CrossOver Office. Jeremy White said on Nov 22, 2002 at 08:02:15: > A question for you: if we get a working binary build under > FreeBSD 4.7, will that run out of the box on FreeBSD 5.0, > or will we have to recompile (in other words, do I have to rip > out the extra FreeBSD 4.7 development box we just put in, or will it > suffice <grin>). If you're targeting FreeBSD, please target 4.7 for now. 5.0 is a really major upgrade, and will take at least a few months to stabilize; most people will be running 4.x for the near future. I'm not totally sure if a 4.x binary will work on 5.x (I'm not a developer) but if 4.x binaries don't work on 5.x, I think the developers will try to get them working; but a 5.x binary will not work on a 4.x machine at all and will be useless for most FreeBSD users for at least the next few months. Thanks - Rahul _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://crossover.codeweavers.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss ----- End forwarded message ----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
