bill@twg.wimsey.bc.ca (Bill Irwin) (10/03/90)
I have received a request from one of our account managers about a
problem that one of his clients is having porting C code compiled on a
386 running SCO UNIX to an Altos 2000 XENIX runtime environment. The
scenario follows:
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Tim wishes to develop C code on the TWG 386 system running SCO UNIX and run
those binaries on the Altos 2000 Altos XENIX system. It is not working, and
it should not, because SCO UNIX C code binaries are not compatible with Altos
XENIX. I know this.
I need to know the following:
1. Is there a way to compile C code using the SCO UNIX Medium Model
Compiler and Compatibility mode which will allow it to run on the
Altos? As stated above, I think not.
2. Does the Altos C compiler for Altos XENIX 3.2c have a Medium
Model capability?
3. If number 1 above can not work, how can the customer purchase a C
compiler for Altos XENIX? Buy development? Further, the recent
Altos XENIX upgrade that the client just got from us apparently
claims it now includes most of the development system as well.
Perhaps we can glean from Altos whether or not that includes the
C compiler.
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Anyone care to take a crack at any or all of these questions? I've
always believed that 386 *NIX were binary compatible. Am I wrong? If
not, what is the trick when compiling on UNIX?
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Bill Irwin - The Westrheim Group - Vancouver, BC, Canada
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bill@twg.bc.ca (604) 431-4329 (fax) | Integrationcpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) (10/03/90)
In article <264@twg.wimsey.bc.ca> bill@twg.wimsey.bc.ca (Bill Irwin) writes: > >Tim wishes to develop C code on the TWG 386 system running SCO UNIX and run >those binaries on the Altos 2000 Altos XENIX system. It is not working, and >it should not, because SCO UNIX C code binaries are not compatible with Altos >XENIX. I know this. One possible solution to this problem would be to copy the Altos compiler and it's associated libraries to the SCO Unix system and use them to compile the code. SCO unix should be able to run the compiler with no problems and since the binaries are generated with an Altos compiler they should run on the Altos with no problems. Remember, if you are going to do this you need to copy all the include files, /lib and /usr/lib libraries, the compiler, and the linker. There may be a few additions modules that you need (that I don't recall off the top of my head). To make sure that you don't clobber your SCO-Unix compiler stuff I would recommend that you set up this stuff in a chrooted environment. I did this one time to run the Xenix compiler under Interactive. -- Conor P. Cahill (703)430-9247 Virtual Technologies, Inc., uunet!virtech!cpcahil 46030 Manekin Plaza, Suite 160 Sterling, VA 22170
ti@altos86.Altos.COM (Ti Kan) (10/04/90)
In article <264@twg.wimsey.bc.ca> bill@twg.wimsey.bc.ca (Bill Irwin) writes: >I have received a request from one of our account managers about a >problem that one of his clients is having porting C code compiled on a >386 running SCO UNIX to an Altos 2000 XENIX runtime environment. I am assuming that you are running the older Altos XENIX version 5.2C for the Altos 2000 (Later OS versions (5.3x) for the 2000 are all UNIX-derivative, not XENIX). >2. Does the Altos C compiler for Altos XENIX 3.2c have a Medium > Model capability? Yes, the Altos XENIX C compiler supports medium model. >3. If number 1 above can not work, how can the customer purchase a C > compiler for Altos XENIX? Buy development? To get the compiler and all other development tools, you'll need the Altos XENIX Development System package. >Anyone care to take a crack at any or all of these questions? I've >always believed that 386 *NIX were binary compatible. Am I wrong? If >not, what is the trick when compiling on UNIX? Well, you are only half wrong. It is true that most 386 *UNIX*es are binary compatible (supports both XENIX x.out and UNIX coff format binaries), but an older XENIX system is not going to support the newer UNIX binaries! For example, The UNIX-derived Altos OSs for the Altos 500, 1000, 2000, 4000, and 5000 support both coff and x.out binaries, but the older Altos XENIX releases won't support coff. On a 386 UNIX system, most compilers and linkers have options to allow you to generate x.out binaries (by default, they generate coff). Try "man cc" and "man ld". Hope this helps. -Ti -- Ti Kan | vorsprung durch technik! \\\ Internet: ti@altos.com \\\ UUCP: ...!{sun|sco|pyramid|amdahl|uunet}!altos!ti /// \\\ The opinions herein are not necessarily those of Altos. ////////\