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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!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!newsfeed.nacamar.de!uunet!in1.uu.net!207.77.64.8!news.broder.com!usenet-control From: Jeremy Cooper <nobody@broderbund.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Can one executable run on both Red Hat and BSDI? Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 17:06:06 -0700 Organization: Broderbund Software, Inc. Lines: 15 Message-ID: <33668CEE.AA5@broderbund.com> References: <335FC204.1090@activision.com> Reply-To: nobody@broderbund.com NNTP-Posting-Host: jeremynt.broder.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (WinNT; U) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.misc:3117 comp.os.linux.misc:172670 Dan Kegel wrote: > [ Binary compatibility between Linux Red Hat 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?) BSDI has a package install system. It is built around a tar file format and arrangement of script files and binaries within the file. If you had BSDI, it would be described in full under the installsw(8) man page. Seeing as you don't, maybe BSDI might be happy to furnish you with it. Ask nicely. -J