Subject: Re: Question about using shared objects from FreeBSD or Linux
To: Brian Buhrow <buhrow@lothlorien.nfbcal.org>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: port-i386
Date: 12/20/2003 21:31:44
On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 01:46:37PM -0800, Brian Buhrow wrote:
> Since NetBSD uses ELF format binary shared objects now, I'm wondering
> if programs which load their own modules, like apache or Asterisk, can load
> binary shared objects which were built for FreeBSD or Linux, assuming those
> modules do not depend on library calls wich are only available in the
> compatibility libraries for those respective operating systems. The reason
It's all the calls to external libraries that can potentially cause
problems, because function signatures may be different.
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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
NetBSD: 23 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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