From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 1 06:01:16 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA10600 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 1 Nov 1998 06:01:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mailgw1.fhg.de (mailgw1.fhg.de [153.96.1.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA10583 for ; Sun, 1 Nov 1998 06:01:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from runge@egd.igd.fhg.de) Received: by mailgw1.fhg.de (fhg.de); Sun, 1 Nov 1998 15:00:57 +0100 (MET) X-ENV: (mailgw1.fhg.de) runge@egd.igd.fhg.de -> questions@freebsd.ORG.VIA-SMTP X-BULK-CHECK-1-981101.15.00.56: egd.egd.igd.fhg.de [153.96.43.2] Received: by mailgw1.fhg.de (fhg.de) with SMTP; Sun, 1 Nov 1998 15:00:54 +0100 (MET) from brussel.egd.igd.fhg.de Received: by brussel.egd.igd.fhg.de; Sun, 1 Nov 98 14:59:36 +0100 Message-Id: <363C6949.32CDC671@rostock.zgdv.de> Date: Sun, 01 Nov 1998 14:59:37 +0100 From: Thomas Runge Organization: http://www.rostock.zgdv.de X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (X11; U; SunOS 5.6 sun4u) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linking to Linux shared Lib's References: <363BD5D1.B600CFDD@typeline.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Bob Badaracco wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm trying to understand how far I can go with the Linux emulation. > I need to write and compile a program that links in Linux shared > libraries but have never done this before. The libraries are from a > Linux version of a popular database. I'm quite sure, that this won't work. As a solution, grab the linux-devel package, which actually contains a cross-compiler and binutils (FreeBSD/i386 hostet for a Linux/i386 target). Install it and build native Linux binaries, which run perfectly under the emulation. -- Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message