From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 21 11:31:24 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA09445 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 21 Apr 1998 11:31:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA09318 for ; Tue, 21 Apr 1998 18:30:59 GMT (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id LAA04102; Tue, 21 Apr 1998 11:30:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 11:30:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Lynn Gazis cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD and BSDI binary compatibility In-Reply-To: <9804211640.AA17640@elan.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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