From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jan 11 00:18:54 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id AAA05695 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 11 Jan 1997 00:18:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from gaia.coppe.ufrj.br (root@cisigw.coppe.ufrj.br [146.164.2.31]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id AAA05690 for ; Sat, 11 Jan 1997 00:18:51 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jonny@localhost) by gaia.coppe.ufrj.br (8.8.3/8.7.3) id GAA06492; Sat, 11 Jan 1997 06:16:14 -0200 (EDT) From: Joao Carlos Mendes Luis Message-Id: <199701110816.GAA06492@gaia.coppe.ufrj.br> Subject: Re: Sybase Open Client/C for LINUX on FreeBSD To: jwc@li.net Date: Sat, 11 Jan 1997 06:16:14 -0200 (EDT) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <32D66394.41C67EA6@li.net> from "John W. Carbone" at "Jan 10, 97 10:43:16 am" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk #define quoting(John W. Carbone) // I downloaded Client-Library, and found that it's several archive format // files, so the link editor handles just fine, except for some undefined // symbols. You can't use these libraries direct with FreeBSD executables. You should compile a Linux executable and run this executable in Linux compat mode. // // What problems might I expect from using these libraries? If compiled with the right tool, none. I'm using them, right now, inside the SybPerl package. BTW: The "right tool" I used to compile is a Linux 1.2.13 a.out system. // // Thank you, // John. // // John W. Carbone wrote: // > // > I would like to build Sybase client software on FreeBSD. // > Is it possible with Sybase's Linux freeware Sybase's Client-Library? // > // > Thanks in advance. // Jonny -- Joao Carlos Mendes Luis jonny@gta.ufrj.br +55 21 290-4698 ( Job ) jonny@cisi.coppe.ufrj.br Network Manager UFRJ/COPPE/CISI Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro