Re: compatibility SCO (fwd)
Hi, cc questions@ was dropped so restoring Forwarded from: Julian Stacey j...@berklix.com http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/ --- Forwarded Message From gri...@goldnet.it Sun May 12 09:15:13 2013 Date: Sun, 12 May 2013 09:12:53 +0200 From: grillo gri...@goldnet.it To: Julian H. Stacey j...@berklix.com Subject: Re: compatibility SCO In-Reply-To: 201305112344.r4bnimxd072...@fire.js.berklix.net References: 201305112344.r4bnimxd072...@fire.js.berklix.net On Sun, 12 May 2013 01:44:22 +0200, Julian H. Stacey j...@berklix.com wrote: grillo wrote: I need use Microsoft Cobol Compiler and runtime developed for Xenix/Unix system V SCO using NETBSD or FreeBSD, it is possible? have binary compatibility ? environment compatibility ? thank you A long time since I looked at this, but as no one else answered yet, hints to look for, maybe somebody'll correct it post more useful info ;-) http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/linuxemu.html kernel options options IBCS2 /* SCO a.out emulation */ options SYSVSHM # SYSV-style shared memory /*for X11R6 */ options SYSVMSG # SYSV-style message queues options SYSVSEM # SYSV-style semaphores I recall when I last did cross OS work way back I needed a raft of include files libs custom or special version of ar etc. Which brings up questions of Copyright, depending what you'r doing (I'm not asking, your business decision, I don't want to know about SCO !). The newer way might be to run SCO inside a virtual environment http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/virtualization-host.html BTW If you're doomed to run SCO, get hold of a SCO Skunkware CD, issued by SCO, free) full of FSF PD etc tools to make raw SCO less annoying. You should search this archive: http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-emulation probably susbscribe ask there. IMO you'll probably have better luck with FreeBSD than NetBSD for this, (not will certainly, just probably at my guess, for this topic ;-) Cheers, Julian Thank-you I wish to use the compiler Microfocus cobol/2 writen for Unix compatible with Sco Xenix and Sco OpenServer, it generate a intermediate code that run win RUNTIME COBOL, the problem is where must be install the cobol library for compilation and runtime environment, and what terminfo to use; if I use a virtual environment I work like now with no possibility to extra periferal and external drive --- End of Forwarded Message ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: compatibility SCO
On Thu, 9 May 2013, grillo wrote: I need use Microsoft Cobol Compiler and runtime developed for Xenix/Unix system V SCO using NETBSD or FreeBSD, it is possible? have binary compatibility ? environment compatibility ? thank you You're probably forced to stay with MS Cobol for reasons beyond your control -- try and have a look at devel/open-cobol, nonetheless. Worked quite painlessly for getting run-off-the-mill code away from RM/Cobol about a year or two ago. MfG CoCo ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: compatibility SCO
grillo wrote: I need use Microsoft Cobol Compiler and runtime developed for Xenix/Unix system V SCO using NETBSD or FreeBSD, it is possible? have binary compatibility ? environment compatibility ? thank you A long time since I looked at this, but as no one else answered yet, hints to look for, maybe somebody'll correct it post more useful info ;-) http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/linuxemu.html kernel options options IBCS2 /* SCO a.out emulation */ options SYSVSHM # SYSV-style shared memory /*for X11R6 */ options SYSVMSG # SYSV-style message queues options SYSVSEM # SYSV-style semaphores I recall when I last did cross OS work way back I needed a raft of include files libs custom or special version of ar etc. Which brings up questions of Copyright, depending what you'r doing (I'm not asking, your business decision, I don't want to know about SCO !). The newer way might be to run SCO inside a virtual environment http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/virtualization-host.html BTW If you're doomed to run SCO, get hold of a SCO Skunkware CD, issued by SCO, free) full of FSF PD etc tools to make raw SCO less annoying. You should search this archive: http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-emulation probably susbscribe ask there. IMO you'll probably have better luck with FreeBSD than NetBSD for this, (not will certainly, just probably at my guess, for this topic ;-) Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultant, Munich http://berklix.com Reply below not above, like a play script. Indent old text with . Send plain text. No quoted-printable, HTML, base64, multipart/alternative. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: compatibility SCO
2013/5/9 grillo gri...@goldnet.it I need use Microsoft Cobol Compiler and runtime developed for Xenix/Unix system V SCO using NETBSD or FreeBSD, it is possible? have binary compatibility ? environment compatibility ? thank you __**_ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/**mailman/listinfo/freebsd-**questionshttp://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-** unsubscr...@freebsd.org freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org yes http://www.manualpages.de/NetBSD/NetBSD-5.1/man8/compat_sco.8.html http://forums.freebsd.org/archive/index.php/t-7604.html ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
