From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Nov 4 14:35:21 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id OAA07329 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 4 Nov 1996 14:35:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from bacall.lodgenet.com (bacall.lodgenet.com [205.138.147.242]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA07306 for ; Mon, 4 Nov 1996 14:35:15 -0800 (PST) Received: (from mail@localhost) by bacall.lodgenet.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id QAA18872; Mon, 4 Nov 1996 16:34:45 -0600 Received: from garbo.lodgenet.com(204.124.123.250) by bacall via smap (V1.3) id sma018853; Mon Nov 4 16:34:18 1996 Received: from jake.lodgenet.com (jake.lodgenet.com [10.0.11.30]) by garbo.lodgenet.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id QAA20773; Mon, 4 Nov 1996 16:34:26 -0600 Received: from jake.lodgenet.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jake.lodgenet.com (8.7.6/8.6.12) with ESMTP id QAA02056; Mon, 4 Nov 1996 16:34:37 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <199611042234.QAA02056@jake.lodgenet.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.9 8/22/96 To: "Serge A. Babkin" cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: COFF->BSD converter In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 05 Nov 1996 00:30:45 +0500." <199611041930.AAA12170@hq.icb.chel.su> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 04 Nov 1996 16:34:37 -0600 From: "Eric L. Hernes" Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk "Serge A. Babkin" writes: >I wrote the COFF -> BSD object file converter. It needs more extensive >testing but it works for now. Now the compatibility library and >set of headers are needed to use it. I don't know how long would it >take from me to write them. So if anyone can suggest any help >it will be gladly accepted. The possible benefits from this project are: > Cool, but doesn't objcopy do the conversion if properly configured? What compat libraries and headers do you need? Is the stuff from linux' ibcs2 any help? >- getting semi-native version of Oracle (or any other product distributed as >set of object files) > >- using some libraries (say, Motif) converted from SCO (it's possible >to get personal SCO license for free, so why do not use some >godd things from it ?) because the free SCO is ELF :( Is anyone working on ELF support for SCO? > >-SB > eric. -- erich@lodgenet.com http://rrnet.com/~erich erich@rrnet.com