Klein, Robert (NIH/CIT) [C] wrote:
One of our potential customers would like to be able to use an open source
program called Lingo 3G and another program called Network Workbench. We are
not able to compile Lingo3G for zLinux (Red Hat) because the source requires
some x86 libraries. This is the 2nd time we have run into this problem making
an open source program available on zLinux. (1) (mainly for IBM/Red Hat)
What, if any, plans are there for dealing with the problem of making open
source programs that require x86 libraries able to run on zLinux. The
inability to compile various open source software for the zLinux platform
greatly restricts the customer base we can tap for our zLinux platform. (2)
Does anyone know of any comparable alternative to Lingo 3G?
x86 libraries are made from source built for Intellish systems. There is
little prospect of using x86 libraries on Zeds.
What I would expect of an open source project is the source code so that
I can build any needed libraries myself.
Your gripe, }The inability to compile various open source software for
the zLinux platform greatly restricts the customer base we can tap for
our zLinux platform," is unreasonable. Requirements for building any
open source project for zLinux should be the same as for Linux IA32,
AMD-64, Power, Sparc, Sparc64 (can I ignore MIPS*). The needed compilers
and third-party libraries for your architecture, and the source code and
the documentation.
Third-party libraries not shipped by your vendor may be problematic as a
lot of OSS developers won't have access to zHardware. Helping them out
with that, and/or with setting up their own virtual Z using Hercules and
Fedora (CentOS5 if/when it becomes available), or an evaluation copy o
SLE{S,D} (which they can run past the evaluation period, just without
updates) or RHEL (I don't know the rules about evaluation licences
there), then those might become available too.
Oh, IBM may (it used to) have Zhardware available free of charge to
developers for some purposes.
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Cheers
John
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