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Date:      Mon, 13 Jan 1997 17:09:58 -0600
From:      Hal Snyder <hal@vailsys.com>
To:        Joao Carlos Mendes Luis <jonny@mailhost.coppe.ufrj.br>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Sybase Open Client/C for LINUX on FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <32DAC0C6.55A0@vailsys.com>
References:  <199701110816.GAA06492@gaia.coppe.ufrj.br>

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Joao Carlos Mendes Luis wrote:

> #define quoting(John W. Carbone)
> // I downloaded Client-Library, and found that it's several archive format
> // files, so the link editor handles just fine, except for some undefined
> // symbols.
> 
> You can't use these libraries direct with FreeBSD executables.
> 
> You should compile a Linux executable and run this executable in
> Linux compat mode.
...
> I'm using them, right now, inside the SybPerl package.
> 
> BTW: The "right tool" I used to compile is a Linux 1.2.13 a.out system.

Inquiring minds want to know:

1.  Which version of FreeBSD are you using for this?

2.  Did you have to enable anything special in the FreeBSD kernel, like
SysV shared memory?

3.  Why is a Linux a.out system needed to generate the executables?

Hal



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