Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2011 15:50:17 -0700 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Purchased Binaries Message-ID: <20110304225017.GA52635@guilt.hydra> In-Reply-To: <5F4DD89C-5F3B-46B8-BA91-A25B8BF11EEB@lafn.org> References: <5F4DD89C-5F3B-46B8-BA91-A25B8BF11EEB@lafn.org>
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--7JfCtLOvnd9MIVvH Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Mar 04, 2011 at 01:24:32PM -0800, Doug Hardie wrote: > > I have a client who has purchased some software. I don't know anything > much about it yet other than it claims to run on Debian and CentOS. I > suspect its binaries. I will have access to things like the developer, > name etc. on Monday. However, thats when he needs to know if I can > make it run on FreeBSD. I am not convinced I want to run production > software on the Linux compatibility suite. No good reason other than > it sounds like its adding a lot more opportunities for breakage. This > has to be an always up application. I have virtually no knowledge of > CentOS other than it was installed on one server when I got it. Any > chance those binaries might work on FreeBSD? I am planning on starting > with FreeBSD 8.2 since its just out and working fine on one of my > servers, but could use an earlier version if required to make this > stuff run. =20 Linux binaries . . . ? That's unlikely to work on FreeBSD without the Linux compatibility layer. --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] --7JfCtLOvnd9MIVvH Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk1xbKkACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKVZdQCeJFWd5l86KA0nFaTjpLKw0n2P o7AAoJGePWVlA+GbDMp4rR3TtelCBz2K =s3uT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --7JfCtLOvnd9MIVvH--
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