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33.Dd June 15, 1994
34.Dt COMPAT_SUNOS 8
35.Os BSD 4
36.Sh NAME
37.Nm COMPAT_SUNOS
38.Nd setup procedure for m68k and sparc architectures
39.Sh DESCRIPTION
40NetBSD/sparc and some of the NetBSD/m68k architectures can run
41SunOS executables. Most executables will work.
42.Pp
43The exceptions include programs that use the SunOS kvm library,
44and various system calls, ioctl()'s, or kernel semantics
45that are difficult to emulate.
46The number of reasons why a program might fail to work is (thankfully)
47longer than the number of programs that fail to run.
48.Pp
49Static executables will normally run without any extra setup.
50This procedure details the directories and files that must be
51setup to allow dynamically linked executables to work.
52.Pp
53The files you need are on your Sun machine.
54You need to worry about the legal issues of ensuring that you
55have a right to use the required files on your machine.
56.Pp
57.Bl -tag -width 123 -compact
58.It 1.
59On your NetBSD machine, do the following:
60.nf
61mkdir /sun
62mkdir /sun/lib
63mkdir /sun/5lib
64ln -s /sun/5lib /usr/5lib
65.fi
66.Pp
67.It 2.
68cp
69.Pa SunOS:/usr/lib/lib*.so.*.*
70.Pa NetBSD:/sun/lib
71.Pp
72.It 3.
73cp
74.Pa SunOS:/usr/5lib/lib*.so.*.*
75.Pa NetBSD:/sun/5lib
76.Pp
77.It 4.
78cp
79.Pa SunOS:/usr/lib/ld.so
80.Pa NetBSD:/usr/lib/ld.so
81.Pp
82.It 5.
83On your NetBSD machine, edit the
84.Pa ld.so
85binary using a binary editor.
86In the binary, change every occurance of a path that starts with
87.Pa /usr
88so that it starts with
89.Pa /sun .
90Note that the strings "/usr" and "/sun" are the same length.
91.Pp
92.It 6.
93If you ever expect to use YP, you will want to create a link:
94.nf
95ln -s /var/run/ypbind.lock /etc/ypbind.lock
96.fi
97.El
98.Pp
99This will place the SunOS libraries on your NetBSD machine
100in a location where they do not conflict with the standard libraries,
101and also teach the SunOS dynamic linker to search for the SunOS
102dynamic libraries in that place.
103.Pp
104.Sh BUGS
105A list of things which fail to work in compatibility mode should
106be here.
107