bent@lccinc.UUCP (Ben Taylor) (02/12/91)
Hello world, In my quest for software my the machines I administer, I have seen some really nice software come and go. However, this one really takes the cake. Someone posted the sysv386 binaries of groff (for Interactive I believe.) Since I spend maybe 5% of my time on an ISC box, and the rest under SCO Xenix, I thought that a ISC binary distribution would make life easier. Groff for ISC is well done. However, much to my amazement, it works under SCO Xenix as well. File says the binaries are 386 Coff format. I wasn't aware that Unix 3.2 binaries would run under Xenix. I knew they would go the other way tho? Any one care to comment on this. Maybe this is an isolated incident, however if it is the case, I wonder what kind of limitations would hold for V3.2 binaries on Xenix. I suspect any kind of software using shared libraries, and specific V3.2 kernel calls would be an exception. Ben Taylor Systems Administrator LCC Incorporated uunet!lccinc!bent "If Unix is in California, where is Xenix?"