Re: GNU/Linux binary compatibility (Was: Re: memory_object_lock_request and memory_object_data_return fnord)

[Jeroen Dekkers]

On Mon, Mar 25, 2002 at 09:59:14PM +0100, Farid Hajji wrote:
> All in all, binary compatibility is a nice thing to have.

If it's only used for running non-free software I disagree. For free
software you can simply recompile the software. The only really reason
I see is that you can have the same Debian packages for GNU/Hurd and
GNU/Linux, which would same some few GBs in the archive. For this the
ABI has to be completely the same which still has some issues.

Jeroen Dekkers
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