From owner-freebsd-emulation Wed Sep 23 23:34:13 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA08939 for freebsd-emulation-outgoing; Wed, 23 Sep 1998 23:34:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from word.smith.net.au (castles184.castles.com [208.214.165.184]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA08836 for ; Wed, 23 Sep 1998 23:34:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word.smith.net.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA00425; Wed, 23 Sep 1998 23:39:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Message-Id: <199809240639.XAA00425@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: stephen farrell cc: emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sybase/linux In-reply-to: Your message of "23 Sep 1998 19:41:39 CDT." <87hfxys5oc.fsf@couatl.uchicago.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 23:39:28 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org PLEASE SEND EMULATION-RELATED QUESTIONS TO freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org Thankyou. > ok, with great anticipation i downloaded sybase linux (go to > redhat.com--it's avaliable for FREE!)... i then check it out and to my > grave dissappointment it uses libc6. > > what's the prospects on running this beast under freebsd? how about > linux-libs with gnu libc? You need a very-up-to-date Linux LKM, and the add-on library pack at ftp://time.cdrom.com/pub/incoming/libs.tar.gz. This should make it into the 3.0 ports collection at some stage. No guarantees yet that Sybase will work (I'll look at it at some stage I hope). Oracle doesn't yet. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message