Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 16:24:30 -0500 (EST) From: Stuart Anderson <anderson@metrolink.com> To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ELF Motif Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990121162111.17558c-100000@trantor.sc.metrolink.com> In-Reply-To: <199901211857.KAA27552@passer.osg.gov.bc.ca>
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I've just checked with our person working on the product, and the packages
have been finalized. Pending a few Documentaion updates, Motif Complete!
should ship next week. It will contain both a.out & ELF versions of the
packages on the same CD.
I hope this narrows it down more than the RSN answer did 8-).
On Thu, 21 Jan 1999, Cy Schubert wrote:
> Now that 3.0 has become the -stable branch, I would assume that
> many vendors may port their products to the new binary format.
> I've spoken to a couple of vendors about their Motif products
> migration to ELF. Both have said soon. Since I don't have any
> evidence of anything that will prove these promises either way
> (being the skeptical person I am), I would like to determine
> whether I should:
>
> 1. Wait.
>
> 2. Replace applications with those that use toolkits other than
> Motif.
>
> 3. Use 3.0 with a.out binaries. I would like to still maintain
> the option
> of recompiling these applications on 3.0 if I have to, rather
> than keep
> a 2.2 system for that purpose.
>
> I seem to have the impression that some in the inner sanctum of the
> FreeBSD project may have managed to get their hands on a
> pre-release copy of Motif for FreeBSD ELF. If this is the case,
> one might be able expect that a product will be released by some
> vendor RSN, in which case wait might be the option to take.
>
> Would anyone care to comment on or confirm my assumptions?
>
>
> Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437
> Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766
> Open Systems Group Internet: Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca
> ITSD Cy.Schubert@gems8.gov.bc.ca
> Province of BC
>
>
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Stuart
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