Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 16:51:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: Kenneth Chiu <chiuk@cs.indiana.edu> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG, Stephen Hocking-Senior Programmer PGS Tensor Perth <shocking@prth.pgs.com>, John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au> Subject: Re: HEADS UP: 3 days to E-day Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808281649030.1716-100000@picnic.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980828142918.385C-100000@localhost>
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On Fri, 28 Aug 1998, Kenneth Chiu wrote: > On Thu, 27 Aug 1998, Chuck Robey wrote: > > On Fri, 28 Aug 1998, Stephen Hocking-Senior Programmer PGS Tensor Perth wrote: > > > > > > Oh bother. I bought a copy of XIG's Motif 2.0 a couple of months > > > ago. The CD has BSDI, FreeBSD & Linux binaries on it. The linux > > > binaries are ELF, but I don't know how deeply libXm et cetera delve > > > into linux's libc. I wonder if I could hit them for an upgrade when > > > > No, they don't have a new one. I just checked. The salesman wasn't > > sure if they'd tracked 2.2.5 or 2.2.6 with the last one, but don't hold > > your breath. > > I'm thinking about getting Motif, but am concerned about being > dependent on XIG for a 3.0 version. First, how hard would it be > to write a program to convert a.out to ELF? Is it just a matter > of converting the relocation table, symbol table, and string table? > Or will the 3.0 loader be able to mix and match ELF and a.out? > > Second, even if the library was converted to ELF, would a 2.2.X > libXm library work on a 3.0 system? At the moment, they only have aout libs for FreeBSD. I'll have to write them and give them a nudge. Motif'll still work, but you'll have to link aout. I don't think you can mix aout and ELF linkage. You won't lose anything you have now ... On top of that, their tech support is pretty good, and they let me upgrade from their 1.2 Motif to the 2.0 version a while back for about $20 bucks. I don't figure they'll leave the product behind. > > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic (FreeBSD-current) (301) 220-2114 | and jaunt (NetBSD). ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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