From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 4 23:01:25 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F06C91065670 for ; Fri, 4 Mar 2011 23:01:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from cpoproxy2-pub.bluehost.com (cpoproxy2-pub.bluehost.com [67.222.39.38]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BA4888FC12 for ; Fri, 4 Mar 2011 23:01:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 6108 invoked by uid 0); 4 Mar 2011 23:01:25 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box543.bluehost.com) (74.220.219.143) by cpoproxy2.bluehost.com with SMTP; 4 Mar 2011 23:01:25 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=default; d=apotheon.com; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:Mail-Followup-To:References:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:User-Agent:X-Identified-User; b=VxE5h/kElLGTswu1mOeUeO6RJ2Bv8XOIBE2GOuTdaZ48wIgRs0iPAT/o37oXEHS25/xui93jKIlcCt0dVl7vxlYZTVINZg157EMO2a7ht0F3NyoTXZTE6wJrvxQtDEvi; Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=kukaburra.hydra) by box543.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Pvdzv-0002YZ-Uk for questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 04 Mar 2011 16:01:25 -0700 Received: by kukaburra.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:50:17 -0700 Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2011 15:50:17 -0700 From: Chad Perrin To: FreeBSD Questions Message-ID: <20110304225017.GA52635@guilt.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD Questions References: <5F4DD89C-5F3B-46B8-BA91-A25B8BF11EEB@lafn.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="7JfCtLOvnd9MIVvH" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5F4DD89C-5F3B-46B8-BA91-A25B8BF11EEB@lafn.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {2737:box543.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.org} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with ren@apotheon.org} Cc: Subject: Re: Purchased Binaries X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2011 23:01:26 -0000 --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--