From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Feb 28 17:02:06 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA14859 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sat, 28 Feb 1998 17:02:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA14849 for ; Sat, 28 Feb 1998 17:02:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA06692; Sat, 28 Feb 1998 16:59:45 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199803010059.QAA06692@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Tom cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: using BSDI or Linux shared libs? In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 28 Feb 1998 12:19:38 PST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 28 Feb 1998 16:59:44 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > Can I use shared libs from BSDI (2.1 or 3.1) or Linux? Basically, I > want a native FreeBSD app to be able to load either BSDI or Linux shared > libs. You might be able to use BSD/OS 2.1 libraries. You certainly won't be able to use Linux libraries except under very restricted circumstances. > Openlink Software distributes ODBC drivers for BSDI 2.1, BSDI 3.1, and > Linux. Source for the ODBC manager is available (iODBC), and it demand > loads the appropiate ODBC driver. You should ask them to port to FreeBSD. If they have a BSD/OS port, going to FreeBSD would be trivial. -- \\ 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-hackers" in the body of the message