From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Mar 7 05:11:59 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id FAA09934 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 7 Mar 1997 05:11:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id FAA09927 for ; Fri, 7 Mar 1997 05:11:56 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id XAA22305; Fri, 7 Mar 1997 23:41:46 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199703071311.XAA22305@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Converting foreign object files In-Reply-To: <19970307093501.FP49047@uriah.heep.sax.de> from J Wunsch at "Mar 7, 97 09:35:01 am" To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de Date: Fri, 7 Mar 1997 23:41:46 +1030 (CST) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk J Wunsch stands accused of saying: > As Michael Smith wrote: > > > > So, here is my question: is it possible at all to somehow "convert" these > > > objects to the format FBSD uses? ``file'' says something like: > > > > No. > > I'm a little surprised. Why isn't it possible to use BSD/OS (or > NetBSD, for that matter) objects? I thought we only differ in things > like crt0.o, or the shared libs. NetBSD libraries work fine (eg. Xanim using a NetBSD module), but last time I tried too link against a BSD/OS object the linker barfed. I thought it had to do with them having used some funky arrangement for their shared-library support. > cheers, J"org -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[