Vishal Soni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Don't laugh. >Say i want to compile a solaris binary on my linux box. Can i get >asolaris c-compiler and compile it on my linux box?? it that possible?
Depends what you mean by "compile a Solaris binary". If you've got the source code, then source is source is source; just compile it as normal. Don't bother compiling a Solaris compiler, it's a lot of work and won't help. If the source code isn't portable enough, you might have to fix it up a bit, but that depends. If you're asking how you run a Solaris binary for which you don't have source, then look into the binary compatibility kernel module iBCS, assuming it's a binary for Solaris x86. (Haven't heard much of iBCS in ages - is it still the right answer to this question?) >what about static and dynamic libraries, and /usr/include/* ? For source you only care about /usr/include, as the libraries will sort themselves out. It should be broadly compatible for well-written programs. For binaries you may well run into problems. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
