John H. Robinson, IV wrote:
>
> % cat /etc/redhat-release
> Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5 (Tikanga)
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> If you *really* want me to look, I can poke around Debian 1.3.1 (circa
> 1997) for some programs that still work on Fedora Core 5, with no
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> recompiling at all.
I originally tested on Fedora Core 5, but I realised that it was not new
enough. So I ssh'd into a RHEL 5 box, which is far newer. It is also
x86-64, so I thought it would make a far better test of the circa 1998
programs written and compiled for Debian for a processor that could not
do 64 bit at all.
Certainly I could have created a nice Debian Unstable chroot, but what
is the fun in that when I can cross distros?
I suspect I have proven the point though: there exist programs (near)
ten years old that still work to this day, in their compiled form.
-john
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