2026-10-20 14:04 UTC
#Tech #Mastodon I have a question, does #NetBSD have binary forward compatibility (or whatever that would be called)?
Like, if I build something using a shared libc and generally using dlopen() or other careful methods for external libraries, will that binary typicall continue to work on future releases of NetBSD as-is?
I've heard FreeBSD tends to have that, OpenBSD apparently less so...
Asking since I'm tempted to try #NetBSD due to the general #Linux #ensloppification situation :blobfoxangrylaugh: stop the #slop etc. by putting my money where my mouth is, at least if this turns out to be feasible...
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@netbsd@mastodon.sdf.org 2026-10-20 14:23
@ell1e@hachyderm.io Very much so. In fact, there's compatibility with binaries for versions of BSD from before NetBSD existed.