Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 09:28:18 -0800 (PST) From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> To: ccsanady@friley-185-114.res.iastate.edu Cc: emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Using Solaris/intel libraries? Message-ID: <199811201728.JAA18189@vashon.polstra.com> In-Reply-To: <199811181735.LAA01159@friley-185-114.res.iastate.edu>
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In article <199811181735.LAA01159@friley-185-114.res.iastate.edu>,
Chris Csanady  <ccsanady@friley-185-114.res.iastate.edu> wrote:
> I was wondering if it would be possible to link with Solaris/Intel
> libraries.  Since they are both elf, this should work, right?
No.  The libraries were built with Solaris #include files, but your
native code is built with FreeBSD #include files.  The layouts of
key structures (struct stat, the FILE structure, etc.) are different
between the two.
By the way, this has come up about a dozen times in the mailing lists.
John
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  John Polstra                                               jdp@polstra.com
  John D. Polstra & Co., Inc.                        Seattle, Washington USA
  "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public."
                                                            -- H. L. Mencken
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  John Polstra                                               jdp@polstra.com
  John D. Polstra & Co., Inc.                        Seattle, Washington USA
  "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public."
                                                            -- H. L. Mencken
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