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Date:      Mon, 04 Nov 1996 16:34:37 -0600
From:      "Eric L. Hernes" <erich@lodgenet.com>
To:        "Serge A. Babkin" <babkin@hq.icb.chel.su>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: COFF->BSD converter 
Message-ID:  <199611042234.QAA02056@jake.lodgenet.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 05 Nov 1996 00:30:45 %2B0500." <199611041930.AAA12170@hq.icb.chel.su> 

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"Serge A. Babkin" writes:
>I wrote the COFF -> BSD object file converter. It needs more extensive
>testing but it works for now. Now the compatibility library and
>set of headers are needed to use it. I don't know how long would it
>take from me to write them. So if anyone can suggest any help
>it will be gladly accepted. The possible benefits from this project are:
>

Cool, but doesn't objcopy do the conversion if properly configured?
What compat libraries and headers do you need?  Is the stuff from linux'
ibcs2 any help?

>- getting semi-native version of Oracle (or any other product distributed as
>set of object files)
>
>- using some libraries (say, Motif) converted from SCO (it's possible
>to get personal SCO license for free, so why do not use some
>godd things from it ?)

because the free SCO is ELF :(  Is anyone working on ELF support
for SCO?

>
>-SB
>

eric.

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