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From: gusw@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Gunther Schadow)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,gnu.gcc.help
Subject: Convert Binary formats?
Date: 22 Mar 1997 14:32:14 GMT
Organization: Freie Universitaet Berlin
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Hi all who are knowledgable,
is it generally possible to convert binaries of different formats for
the same target architecture? In FreeBSD we have working binary
compatibility to Linux/ELF and IBCS2 (SCO) but I am wondering whether
it is not possible to convert them into a.out (all for i386
architecture). Likewise, converting shared libraries into native
format would open a whole new world of portability, not only for
binaries, but also for development environments (APIs and libraries).
Can BFD do such a magic? Is anyone working on this?
cheers,
-Gunther
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Gunther Schadow------------------Windsteiner Weg 54a, Berlin 14165, FR. Germany
Dept. of Anaesthesia, Benjamin Franklin University Hospital, Berlin.
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