Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 11:30:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Lynn Gazis <lynn@elan.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD and BSDI binary compatibility Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980421112949.4074E-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <9804211640.AA17640@elan.com>
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On Tue, 21 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. > > 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 don't think so. Our libc is pretty unique. If you statically link it you have a better chance of it working -- then it depends purely on the system calls. > 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. What do they want in BSDi? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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