>
> dpates@kalifornia.com said:
> > No, they won't. When they're built, the compiler you use is specific to a
> > particular OS/processor combination, and so are the binaries generated.
>
> Unless you're using an Alpha, in which case it'll run Intel binaries if you ask
> it nicely and if they're old ones that are linked with libc5 (otherwise it
> tries to load the Alpha libc6, which confuses the hell out of the emulator :)
>
> Also, you can often run binaries from different operating systems, especially
> other Unix-like ones. Linux/x86 can run SCO, Solaris/x86, BSD binaries AFAIK.
> Linux/SPARC can run SunOS or Solaris binaries, and Linux/Alpha does DEC Unix.
>
> As I understand it, Unix98 compliant programs linked against glibc should run
> transparently on any operating system that glibc is present on, as long as the
> processor remains the same. So you should, for example, be able to use
> Linux/SPARC binaries on Solaris as long as you have glibc for Solaris
> installed.
Ok. Point taken. :) But as a general rule, you build a binary, it's only
going to run on the platform it was compiled to (and certain platforms
that can emulate it or are capable of handling its binaries).
Derrik Pates
dpates@kalifornia.com
dpates@acm.org
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