Re: setiathome

[Jolan Luff <jolan_(_at_)_openbsd_(_dot_)_servebeer_(_dot_)_com>]

On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 12:59:40PM +0200, Julian Leyh wrote:
> why ? why use a.out emulation for one program ?

What do you mean why?  So you can run setiathome.  There's no i386/ELF
binary.  That's what you need to run it natively.

> i could use linux emulation for the same program.

Compare sys/compat/aout and sys/compat/linux.

> i don't want it emulated.

Wipe your machine and install 3.3 then.

> especially this program shouldn't be emulated, because it uses free
> system resources. if it is emulated, it needs more.

I doubt a.out emulation is very costly for setiathome.