From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Jan 21 10:57:42 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA12370 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Thu, 21 Jan 1999 10:57:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from point.osg.gov.bc.ca (point.osg.gov.bc.ca [142.32.102.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA12365 for ; Thu, 21 Jan 1999 10:57:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by point.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.9.1/8.8.8) id KAA06901 for ; Thu, 21 Jan 1999 10:57:29 -0800 Received: from passer.osg.gov.bc.ca(142.32.110.29) via SMTP by point.osg.gov.bc.ca, id smtpda06899; Thu Jan 21 10:57:21 1999 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by passer.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.9.2/8.9.1) id KAA27552 for ; Thu, 21 Jan 1999 10:57:20 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199901211857.KAA27552@passer.osg.gov.bc.ca> Received: from localhost.osg.gov.bc.ca(127.0.0.1), claiming to be "passer.osg.gov.bc.ca" via SMTP by localhost.osg.gov.bc.ca, id smtpdv27504; Thu Jan 21 10:56:33 1999 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 Reply-to: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group X-OS: FreeBSD 2.2.8-RELEASE+CAM X-Sender: cschuber To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: ELF Motif Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 10:56:33 -0800 From: Cy Schubert Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Now that 3.0 has become the -stable branch, I would assume that many vendors may port their products to the new binary format. I've spoken to a couple of vendors about their Motif products migration to ELF. Both have said soon. Since I don't have any evidence of anything that will prove these promises either way (being the skeptical person I am), I would like to determine whether I should: 1. Wait. 2. Replace applications with those that use toolkits other than Motif. 3. Use 3.0 with a.out binaries. I would like to still maintain the option of recompiling these applications on 3.0 if I have to, rather than keep a 2.2 system for that purpose. I seem to have the impression that some in the inner sanctum of the FreeBSD project may have managed to get their hands on a pre-release copy of Motif for FreeBSD ELF. If this is the case, one might be able expect that a product will be released by some vendor RSN, in which case wait might be the option to take. Would anyone care to comment on or confirm my assumptions? Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Open Systems Group Internet: Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca ITSD Cy.Schubert@gems8.gov.bc.ca Province of BC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message