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Date:      Tue, 12 Jul 2005 00:57:41 +0400
From:      Vladimir Grebenschikov <vova@fbsd.ru>
To:        Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
Cc:        freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Linking linux libs
Message-ID:  <1121115461.1043.3.camel@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <20050711183241.GH5116@dan.emsphone.com>
References:  <000701c58643$71f3a190$6401a8c0@HomePC> <20050711183241.GH5116@dan.emsphone.com>

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=F7 =D0=CE, 11/07/2005 =D7 13:32 -0500, Dan Nelson =D0=C9=DB=C5=D4:
> In the last episode (Jul 11), Jim Bodkikns (Dakotacom) said:
> >   A linux emulation question.
> >=20
> >   I suspect I know the answer to this, but what about linking to
> > vendor supplied linux libs? (A vendor product that is provided in the
> > form of libraries that are linked into your apps).
>=20
> As long as you compile and link using linux gcc and ld to generate a
> Linux executable, it'll work.  Don't try and link a Linux library into
> a FreeBSD executable, though, unless the ABI is very simple.  For
> example, a standalone crypto module that takes a buffer and a key would
> probably work; anything that tries to do any stdio or call libc
> functions that pass structures won't.

I have know examples of more complex magic on linking big database linux
static library into FreeBSD applications, but it was like black magic
with lot of libc compatibility hacks.

--=20
Vladimir B. Grebenschikov
vova@fbsd.ru



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