Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 12:51:37 -0600 From: "Scot W. Hetzel" <hetzels@westbend.net> To: "Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group" <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca>, <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Aout-to-elf Conversion Message-ID: <00ed01be374a$b2449820$1acb2e9c@westbend.net> References: <199901031516.HAA10195@cwsys.cwsent.com>
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From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> > I'm planning to upgrade a number of 2.2.8 systems to 3.0 or what ever > is out at the time that I get around to doing it. If at all possible I > would like to convert to ELF at that time too. I have a number of > Motif applications. The Motif shared libraries are in a.out format. > My questions are: > > 1. Will the Motif applications, using the a.out format shared libraries > that came with the Motif products continue to work on an ELF system? > Yes, they will continue to work, as long as you don't re-compile them to ELF, unless you have an ELF Motif. > 2. If #1 is true, if I would need to re-compile any of the Motif > applications, can I build an ELF binary that will use the a.out > shared libraries? Or should the applications be statically linked? > ELF binaries can't use a.out libraries. > 3. Lesstif may be an answer. Any thoughts on this? > If it can be compiled as an ELF binary then it should work. > 4. If none of the above are true, I suppose I would need to look for > alternative applications -- or compile them on a Linux system and > run them on FreeBSD? This however doesn't make much sense, as > vendors > like Netscape have probably asked the same questions and I suspect > that > they may have a solution of their own. > > I'm in a bit of a hurry this morning, so I haven't thought this note > completely through and may have missed something. > > > 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 > Scot P.S. Check the Current Mailing list archive as this was discussed there. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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