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Date:      Wed, 17 Nov 1999 15:31:24 -0800 (PST)
From:      Kip Macy <kip@lyris.com>
To:        Chad Monteith <beowulf@sns-access.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: router + squid + SmartFilter in Linux Emulation
Message-ID:  <Pine.SOL.3.91.991117152955.17868C-100000@luna>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.95.991117151557.14258A-100000@pickwick>

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I am not sure that that could work. My understanding is that emulation 
only works for self-standing executables, whereas plug-ins are typically 
dynamic libraries. So you are in effect trying to get a BSD binary to use 
a linux library.

			-Kip

			

On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Chad Monteith wrote:

> Thats what I get for pasting into /bin/mail :)
> 
> So I make more sense:
> I have a 3.3 box setup as a router.  It is transparently filtering to the
> squid on the same machine.
> Secure Computing has a program, SmartFilter.  It comes as a linux binary
> that plugs into squid, after some pre-compile patching.
> Has anybody had any luck running a BSD compiled program with a linux
> plug-in using the linux emulator?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Chad Monteith
> Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 04:01 PM
> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: router + squid + SmartFilter in Linux Emulation
> 
> 
> Hello,
> k:
> er, after some changes to the code applied before compilation.
> 	My Q is this:  Can the Linux emulator support emulating a plug-in
> binary?  Note:  Squid is BSD compiled, but the SF plug is a linux binary.
> 
> 	Am I in a futile endeavor, or has this worked before?
> 
> 	Thanks
> 
> Chad
> 
> 
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