| Re: Porting code from Solaris 2.x to Linux [message #7116] |
Tue, 01 October 1996 00:00 |
marq
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Registered: February 1996
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In article <32502B5A.12E7@bial1.ucsd.edu> David Foster <foster@bial1.ucsd.edu> writes:
> Does anyone have any experiences to share regarding the
> porting of code from the Solaris 2.X environment to a
> Linux system set up on a PC (486, Pentium, etc.)?
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> I have two major concerns:
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> 1. We use CALL_EXTERNAL to call sharable-object
> C routines frequently, and so would need this
> to work, and would need to be able to compile
> our routines into sharable object files.
This does not work with the current version of IDL (which is 4.0.1)
because that release is in a.out format - no 'real' shared libraries.
RSI has kept people telling that call_external as well as linkimage
_will_ be available with 5.0 - but that's not out yet.
> 2. We also frequently use SPAWN to call various
> UNIX system calls (ls, chmod, cat, etc.).
No problem here. I'm running spawns all the time, including using
bidirectional pipes - works flawlessly
> Can anyone give me an idea about how smooth this
> transition might be?
Hope this helps..
Chris.
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