Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 15:32:11 -0500 (EST) From: "Michael R. Rudel" <mrr@amity.ai.net> To: Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux header files Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971113153102.9123A-100000@amity.ai.net> In-Reply-To: <19971113000940.54402@keltia.freenix.fr>
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On Thu, 13 Nov 1997, Ollivier Robert wrote: > According to Michael R. Rudel: > > In the on-going battle for Linux emulation (tell me again, why are we > > doing this? :)), we can now RUN Linux binarys, but compiling them is often > > not fun, due to Linux's networking and other header files. > > If Linux wasn't changing stuff just for the sake of it, it would be > better. Compiling network application designed for Linux[sic] is always a > PITA to compile on more standard systems (i.e. FreeBSD). > Yeah, that's one of the many many reasons I don't like Linsux. Their header files are crap, and make porting stuff a PITA. > > Perhaps we could somehow get these header files in the FreeBSD > > distribution, only interfaced to the FreeBSD operating system instead? > > This would make compiling stuff much eaiser. > > Pushing Cox (or whoever is maintaining it nowadays) to fix them would be > even better (fat chance I know). Heh, I don't blame them for not wanting to. Apperciate it if it was done by the next release though (I run -CURRENT, so the sooner it's commited the better. :)) > > Me, bitter ? Try compiling GateD on a Linux system for a change. Nah, no thanks. ;) > -- > Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr > FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 3.0-CURRENT #48: Sat Nov 8 18:08:59 CET 1997 >
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