# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: # The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line # up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' # on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must # make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also # customary to leave one space after the ':'. |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| bin86: bin86 (8086 assembler/loader) bin86: bin86: This is a complete 8086 assembler and loader which can make 32-bit bin86: code for the 386+ processors. In the past it was used to compile the bin86: 16-bit bootsector and setup binaries for the kernel, but modern bin86: (2.4.x or newer) kernels use GNU ld instead. bin86: bin86: The bin86 package is needed to compile 2.2.x or earlier kernels. bin86: bin86: bin86: