Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 13:46:14 -0600 From: "W. D." <WD@US-Webmasters.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Kylix in FreeBSD Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20031031134420.04813850@209.152.117.178> In-Reply-To: <20031031175158.GA27709@wombat.localnet> References: <3F9E4FB4.9487515F@yahoo.com.br> <3F9E4FB4.9487515F@yahoo.com.br>
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--=====================_14378962==_ Content-Type: multipart/related; type="text/plain"; boundary="=====================_14378962==_.REL" --=====================_14378962==_.REL Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Does this mean that one could possibly develop some GUI programs on Linux, them compile them to run on FreeBSD? Or, can one only compile command line apps? At 11:51 10/31/2003, Michael Edenfield, wrote: >d87b8c.jpg Re Kylix in FreeBSD.ems<file://D:\Programs\Eudora\attach\Re Kylix in FreeBSD.ems <0880.0002>> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >Content-Disposition: inline > >* jasaorp <jasaorp@yahoo.com.br> [031031 04:59]: >> Somebody uses Kylix in FreeBSD? >> What is the performance? > >The IDE doesn't run under FreeBSD. I worked on it a bit over this >summer when the most recent Kylix came out, and it appears to rely on >too many Linux-isms. > >The command-line tools work just fine, and produce binaries that are on >par with the ones you get from Linux. If I remember from my testing, >the compiler produces Linux-style ELF binaries. > >Getting the Kylix IDE to function on FreeBSD has been one of the ongoing >hair-pulling tasks I undertake every few months. The installer alone is >a pain in the ass, since it performs "compatibility checks" in such >Linux-centric ways as hard-coding /bin/bash into the shell scripts, and >searching for shared libraries by name from hard-coded paths. (GTK >especially gives the installer fits because FreeBSD's gtk library has a >-x11 at the end of the name.) But once you work around those issues >with some creative symlinking and script editing, the console tools >install fairly painlessly. > >--Mike > --=====================_14378962==_.REL-- --=====================_14378962==_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Start Here to Find It Fast!=99 -> http://www.US-Webmasters.com/best-start-pa= ge/ --=====================_14378962==_--
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