Re: A small question about Red Hat

John Clark Naldoza y Lopez wrote:
>
> Kapil Tilwani wrote:
> >
> > Do all *NIX programs work on all others ? Do  Unix programs run on Linux and
> > vice-versa...  ??? Would FreeBSD UNIX programs work on SCO-Unix, etc.?
> >
>
> Ah.... No...;-)
>

Actualy ...
Kind of yes

Using IBCS{Intel Binary Compatability System} is is supposed to be
possible.

I have never realy tried but it has been in the linux kernel for ever.
Most of the Unix systems I work with do not run on Intel processors, so
it has not been worth looking into for me. I believe Solaris and OpenBSD
have IBCS or somthing similar, but like I said I never paid much
attention
to it. Since most software is avalible as source, I normaly configure
then
compile the software to work the same on all platforms. With the *NIX
variants
and Linux approching the evolving POSIX standard, using POSIX and cross
platform
compatable libraries, the binary compatability should be easier to deal
with
for the same processor family.

Guy Fraser

> If your source code (program) can be cross-compiled (assuming static
> library linking) to that system, then your program would run...  If you
> are transfering binaries...  Well then, good luck...;-)
>
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