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From: nate@trout.sri.MT.net (Nate Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.databases.informix,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Anyone running Informix 4GL/SE on Linux or FreeBSD?
Date: 11 Mar 1996 18:24:09 GMT
Organization: SRI Intl. - Montana Operations
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References: <systems.16.008BDD9C@systems.pdial.interpath.com> <4hkfn8$51o@helena.MT.net> <31414294.3EC4BD16@gnu.ai.mit.edu>
Reply-To: "Nate Williams" <nate@sneezy.sri.com>
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In article <31414294.3EC4BD16@gnu.ai.mit.edu>,
H.J. Lu <hjl@gnu.ai.mit.edu> wrote:
>Nate Williams wrote:
>> 
>> I've run Informix/SE in SCO emulation mode on my FreeBSD box, but all
>> the binaries I'm using were developed/compiled under SCO since none of
>> the free unices allow you to link against SCO libraries.  (That's a
>> *tough* problem)
>>
>
>If I can convince you run Linux, I will try to provide you a cross
>compile tool set from Linux to SCO :-).

I already followed up to H.J. in private email, but he didn't understand
the complexity of the problem.  It's more work than getting a compiler
and related toolkit running which provides SCO binaries.


Nate
  
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