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From: c9020@rrzc1a (Hubert Feyrer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: NetBSd vs SunOS ?
Date: 27 Oct 1994 01:47:00 GMT
Organization: University of Regensburg, Germany
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Sorry, no experience with NetBSD/SPARC here, but...
> (3) I assume, the sources written for SunOS 4.1.x s/w will compile out
> of the box. True ?
No. As NetBSD uses a 64bity off_t whereas SunOS uses a 32bit one
(AFAIK), you'll have to expect surprises on programs that use calls
like seek() without using propper prototypes. I didn't encouter these
problems yet (NetBSD/Amiga here), but be warned that there might lurk
some evils.
Hubert
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