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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!ais.net!uunet!in3.uu.net!151.196.0.36!world2.bellatlantic.net!newsin.iconnet.net!/news/spool/news!newsread.exodus.net!mike From: Dan Kegel <dkegel@activision.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Can one executable run on both Red Hat and BSDI? Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 13:26:44 -0700 Organization: Exodus Communications Lines: 21 Message-ID: <335FC204.1090@activision.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: u81.activision.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (Win95; U) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.misc:3087 comp.os.linux.misc:171794 Hi, I'm writing a program that I'd like to distribute to ISP's. The first platform I'm supporting is Red Hat Linux, since it seems to be the best linux at the moment. I'm getting requests to also support BSDI. Question: is it possible to compile a single executable to run on both Red Hat Linux and BSDI? (And for extra credit: I'm hoping to use the Red Hat Package Manager to install the program under Red Hat; what's the best way to do it under BSDI?) I would just install BSDI, but when you check pricing on BSDI's web page, it essentially says "If you have to ask, you can't afford it :-)" Plus, it'd be nice to cut down on the number of compiles I have to do when I update my program. Thanks, Dan Kegel dkegel@activision.com