Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 12:33:48 -800 From: walton@nordicdms.com (Dave Walton) To: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>, FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Linux libs Message-ID: <19980204203348818.AAA263@mail-ftp.nordicdms.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980204101533.15507B-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> References: <19980203063803274.AAA242@mail-ftp.nordicdms.com>
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On 4 Feb 98 at 10:16, Doug White wrote: > On Mon, 2 Feb 1998, Dave Walton wrote: > > > I know that FreeBSD can run Linux executables, but can it link Linux > > libs? More to the point... I want to use PHP on FreeBSD to talk to > > MS-SQL. Sybase has released a free Linux ct-lib binary that will > > work with MS-SQL as well as Sybase. Compiling PHP to support Sybase > > and MS-SQL with that library would (presumably) require linking with > > it. Is this anywhere near the realm of possibility, or should I look > > elsewhere for a solution? > > A Linux cross-compiling environment exists. You can't link Linux libs in > a FreeBSD binary but you could build a LInux binary using the linux lib > and use the emulator to run it. > > I think the port name is linux-devel, in category devel. Hmmm... So I'd have a Linux-compiled Apache loading a Linux-compiled mod_php linked with the Linux ct-lib all running under the Linuxulator. Anyone have any comments about the stability and reliability of that setup compared to a native Apache and mod_php setup? Thanks, Dave ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Walton Webmaster, Postmaster Nordic Entertainment Worldwide walton@nordicdms.com http://www.nordicdms.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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