From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 21 09:45:04 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA10417 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 21 Apr 1998 09:45:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from asbestos.elan.com (asbestos.elan.com [192.42.111.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id QAA10238 for ; Tue, 21 Apr 1998 16:44:00 GMT (envelope-from lynn@elan.com) Received: from elan.com by asbestos.elan.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #64) id m0yRg9B-0005JEC; Tue, 21 Apr 98 09:43 PDT Received: by elan.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA17640; Tue, 21 Apr 98 09:40:51 PDT From: lynn@elan.com (Lynn Gazis) Message-Id: <9804211640.AA17640@elan.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD and BSDI binary compatibility To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 09:40:51 -0700 (PDT) Cc: lynn@elan.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: from "Doug White" at Apr 20, 98 08:29:22 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > On Mon, 20 Apr 1998, Lynn Gazis wrote: > > > Will binaries compiled on FreeBSD also run on BSDI? > > Probably not. FreeBSD's binary format is pretty unique. Depends on what > you're doing though. > > Doug White | University of Oregon > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > > > A server/client application using TCP/IP. Otherwise, standard C system calls. Is there, by any chance, any option I can compile with, or library I can link with, so that this *will* be binary compatible to run on BSDI? I've just spent a week getting FreeBSD installed and the application ported there, and been told that the customer really wants BSDI. I don't want to think about ordering BSDI, clobbering my OS and reinstalling that one (hoping that it doesn't take a dislike to any of my peripherals), and then doing the port again on BSDI. -- Lynn Gazis Technical Support Rainbow Technologies 650-964-2200 (press 6 for Technical Services) 650-964-8588 (fax) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message