From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Mar 2 16:10:54 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from world.virtual-earth.de (world.virtual-earth.de [194.231.209.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 074B91556D for ; Tue, 2 Mar 1999 16:10:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mathiasp@world.virtual-earth.de) Received: from world.virtual-earth.de (world.virtual-earth.de [194.231.209.38]) by world.virtual-earth.de (8.9.2/8.8.5) with ESMTP id BAA00942; Wed, 3 Mar 1999 01:08:58 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: <199903030008.BAA00942@world.virtual-earth.de> Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 01:08:56 +0100 (MET) From: Mathias Picker Subject: Re: Using Linux libraries To: tim@futuresouth.com, stable@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <19990302173655.A13794@futuresouth.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 2 Mar, Tim Tsai wrote: > We currently have a Linux box running Sybase's client software (as > libraries). The box also runs Perl with the DBI::Sybase interface and > sqsh, both using these libraries. > > Is there anyway I can get this whole environment to work under FreeBSD > (any version)? I guess for sqsh, I should be able to run it under the > Linux emulation (it doesn't need any other files other than the library). > What about the Linux perl? > > Lastly, any chance of cross compiling for the Linux environment using > FreeBSD - otherwise we'll have to keep the Linux box around just for > development. [snip] You might want to look at linux-lib, linux-devel and a new rpm from Marcel Moolenaar http://www.wi.leidenuniv.nl/~mhmoolen/. I found this while looking for a way to get oracle/linux up and running. I've not yet tried it. Good luck. Mathias -- Mathias Picker Consultant Information Architecture Mathias.Picker@virtual-earth.de +49 172 / 89 19 381 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message