> Is there already an implemented.. POSIX compatibility layer, library, or > something? Hopefully, something that is very, very thin??
http://plan9.bell-labs.com/sys/doc/ape.pdf this will allow you to recompile nice clean ansi posix code. compiling gnu code may require more work as much of it is rather tied to gcc and glib. getting configure to work (the importability system) is a pain but Fede has a nice script which can do much of the work for you - see the 9fans archives http://9fans.net/archive -Steve