* Re: A Question regarding importing objects from SUN OS... [not found] <002c01c07440$7a520b20$0100a8c0@y0g5i7> @ 2001-01-01 19:16 ` Earnie Boyd 2001-01-01 21:17 ` Tim Prince 0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread From: Earnie Boyd @ 2001-01-01 19:16 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Dj Shark; +Cc: cygwin Dj Shark wrote: > Hello there,I am recently new to the cygwin project, but found it an > excellent tool in compiling c programs.I have seen your email in the > mailing lists, so I hope I'm not imposing any trouble by asking you > the fllowing question: I've encountered one major problem, which maybe > you can solve: When attempting to run gcc, in cygwin enviroment, with > objects which were made for SUN OS (Solaris, I think) Unix enviroment, > and which are supposed to work fine with gcc, gcc starts printing > linkage errors such as: It is *not* possible to take an object built for a different OS and use it with Cygwin. You can create cross-compilers that will build objects for differing platforms; but, you can't take an object built for one platform to be usable on another. Cheers, Earnie P.S.: I've CCed the list for the benefit of the archives. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 2+ messages in thread
* Re: A Question regarding importing objects from SUN OS... 2001-01-01 19:16 ` A Question regarding importing objects from SUN OS Earnie Boyd @ 2001-01-01 21:17 ` Tim Prince 0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread From: Tim Prince @ 2001-01-01 21:17 UTC (permalink / raw) To: cygwin, Dj Shark; +Cc: cygwin Not even for a different OS running on the same box, but it would be nice to be able to use i386 linux libraries at times. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Earnie Boyd" <earnie_boyd@yahoo.com> To: "Dj Shark" <djshrk@gmx.net> Cc: <cygwin@cygwin.com> Sent: Monday, January 01, 2001 4:47 PM Subject: Re: A Question regarding importing objects from SUN OS... > It is *not* possible to take an object built for a different OS and use > it with Cygwin. You can create cross-compilers that will build objects > for differing platforms; but, you can't take an object built for one > platform to be usable on another. > > Cheers, > Earnie -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 2+ messages in thread
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