From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Feb 28 17:16:58 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA16377 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sat, 28 Feb 1998 17:16:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from misery.sdf.com (misery.sdf.com [204.244.213.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id RAA16368 for ; Sat, 28 Feb 1998 17:16:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tom@sdf.com) Received: from tom by misery.sdf.com with smtp (Exim 1.82 #3) id 0y8x5U-0007B7-00; Sat, 28 Feb 1998 16:58:40 -0800 Date: Sat, 28 Feb 1998 16:58:24 -0800 (PST) From: Tom To: Mike Smith cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: using BSDI or Linux shared libs? In-Reply-To: <199803010059.QAA06692@dingo.cdrom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 28 Feb 1998, Mike Smith wrote: > > Can I use shared libs from BSDI (2.1 or 3.1) or Linux? Basically, I > > want a native FreeBSD app to be able to load either BSDI or Linux shared > > libs. > > You might be able to use BSD/OS 2.1 libraries. You certainly won't be > able to use Linux libraries except under very restricted circumstances. I guess it might be possible to use the linux-dev kit and make everything Linux. > > Openlink Software distributes ODBC drivers for BSDI 2.1, BSDI 3.1, and > > Linux. Source for the ODBC manager is available (iODBC), and it demand > > loads the appropiate ODBC driver. > > You should ask them to port to FreeBSD. If they have a BSD/OS port, > going to FreeBSD would be trivial. Is anyone else interested in database connectivity for FreeBSD? I doubt that they'd do the port for just me. > -- > \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith > \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au > \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org > \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message