Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 17:44:56 -0600 From: Karl Denninger <karl@mcs.net> To: Mark Newton <newton@camtech.com.au> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSDI executables Message-ID: <19980317174456.58067@mcs.net> In-Reply-To: <199803172330.KAA26028@frenzy.ct>; from Mark Newton on Wed, Mar 18, 1998 at 10:00:51AM %2B1030 References: <199803172330.KAA26028@frenzy.ct>
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Static link it and it will run on BSDI 99% of the time. I don't use "-Q". "cc -static" seems to be enough. -- -- Karl Denninger (karl@MCS.Net)| MCSNet - Serving Chicagoland and Wisconsin http://www.mcs.net/ | T1's from $600 monthly / All Lines K56Flex/DOV | NEW! Corporate ISDN Prices dropped by up to 50%! Voice: [+1 312 803-MCS1 x219]| EXCLUSIVE NEW FEATURE ON ALL PERSONAL ACCOUNTS Fax: [+1 312 803-4929] | *SPAMBLOCK* Technology now included at no cost On Wed, Mar 18, 1998 at 10:00:51AM +1030, Mark Newton wrote: > > I'm off-list at the moment, so please be gentle when replying :-) > > I've told a colleague that the -Q option to ld still works under 2.2.5, > and will generate an executable which stands a better-than-even chance > of running under BSD/OS 2.0 from BSDI. > > Have I mislead my colleague? I don't have a BSDI system nearby to > check, so all I have is the manpage, which could be out of date > (especially with the way we and BSDI have tended to follow a "MAGIC-of- > the-month" style development rationale :-) > > As a supplementary question, does said executable have to be statically > linked? If any part of BSDI compatibility was going to fall over I'd > guess it'd be that... > > Any other pitfalls with building under FreeBSD and running under BSDI? > [ we have a commercial application here which will run on lots of platforms; > we're working out a least-effort path for building it ] > > - mark > > --- > Mark Newton Email: newton@communica.com.au > Systems Engineer and Senior Trainer Phone: +61-8-8303-3300 > Communica Systems, a member of the Fax: +61-8-8303-4403 > CAMTECH group of companies WWW: http://www.communica.com.au > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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