Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 10:27:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: "J.A. Terranson" <sysadmin@mfn.org>, "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "'George Yobst'" <george@lincc.lib.or.us> Subject: Re: Unixware Compatibility Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980521102627.22968F-100000@current1.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <19980521174620.E27201@freebie.lemis.com>
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netBSD has SVR4 compatibility.. someone looking for a project (any of you millions of 'questions' folks.) could take it on.. could be very good experience.. On Thu, 21 May 1998, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Thu, 21 May 1998 at 2:27:16 -0500, J.A. Terranson wrote: > > > > <SNIP> > > I've got an application that was written for SCO's Unixware 1.1 that > > I want to run on FBSD. I tried using 'brandelf' on 2.2.6, but... > > <SNIP> > > > > SCO UnixWare 1.1 is actually SVR4.0.1, > > In fact, it's Novell UnixWare, and it's SVR4.2. > > > so you should probably try compiling a new kernel with SH* support > > (see LINT) before deciding on anything radical... No guarantees > > (obviously), but unless your app is running something dependent on > > the SVR4 asm code (like a COBOL or PASCAL P-system) you can probably > > get it to work. > > The problem here is the executables, which aren't recognized. At the > moment we have no support for SVR4. > > Greg > -- > See complete headers for address and phone numbers > finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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