Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 10:27:06 -0500 (EST) From: Jt <hometeam@techpower.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Aout-to-elf Conversion Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901031023290.423-100000@techpower.net> In-Reply-To: <199901031516.HAA10195@cwsys.cwsent.com>
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Would converting a.out to elf at the same time you upgrade to 3.0
need the boot blocks installed ? or would the system still
boot up after upgrade ?
Any faq on this or will there be ? I don't see much info on the boot
blocks.
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On Sun, 3 Jan 1999, Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group wrote:
> I'm planning to upgrade a number of 2.2.8 systems to 3.0 or what ever
> is out at the time that I get around to doing it. If at all possible I
> would like to convert to ELF at that time too. I have a number of
> Motif applications. The Motif shared libraries are in a.out format.
> My questions are:
>
> 1. Will the Motif applications, using the a.out format shared libraries
> that came with the Motif products continue to work on an ELF system?
>
> 2. If #1 is true, if I would need to re-compile any of the Motif
> applications, can I build an ELF binary that will use the a.out
> shared libraries? Or should the applications be statically linked?
>
> 3. Lesstif may be an answer. Any thoughts on this?
>
> 4. If none of the above are true, I suppose I would need to look for
> alternative applications -- or compile them on a Linux system and
> run them on FreeBSD? This however doesn't make much sense, as
> vendors
> like Netscape have probably asked the same questions and I suspect
> that
> they may have a solution of their own.
>
> I'm in a bit of a hurry this morning, so I haven't thought this note
> completely through and may have missed something.
>
>
> Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437
> Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766
> Open Systems Group Internet: Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca
> ITSD Cy.Schubert@gems8.gov.bc.ca
> Province of BC
>
>
>
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