Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 18:23:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Alex <garbanzo@hooked.net> 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>, Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> Subject: Re: HEADS UP: 3 days to E-day Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808281822280.243-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980828142918.385C-100000@localhost>
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On Fri, 28 Aug 1998, Kenneth Chiu wrote: [..] > 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? If you stick with static libs, I think it's purely a matter of removing the prepended underscore. This might be the way to go until XiG releases a true ELF version. - alex | "Contrary to popular belief, penguins are not the salvation of modern | | technology. Neither do they throw parties for the urban proletariat." | | Powered by FreeBSD http://www.freebsd.org/ | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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