>>> On 9/10/2009 at 1:38 PM, "Klein, Robert (NIH/CIT) [C]" <[email protected]> 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.
>From what I can tell, the package is written in Java. Where did you get your >source from? The statement "the source requires some x86 libraries" doesn't >make any sense to me. If the source is not Java, it may be that the >configuration script doesn't know about System z, and so the Makefiles are >being generated for the default architecture, but that may be fairly easy to >fix. > 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. Neither IBM nor Red Hat have any control over what a particular open source project does or doesn't do. If you have a need for the package, file a bug report with the developers. They may very well be willing to make changes necessary to support System z. If they're not, then the project is probably not one you want to depend on, regardless of architecture. -snip- > Network Workbench appears to be available only in compiled form. Has anyone > managed to get this working on zLinux? If you're referring to the project at http://nwb.slis.indiana.edu/ that is definitely written in Java. Since the web page states "We want these algorithms to be widely used" they're likely willing to work with you to create a .jar file that will install on Linux for System z. Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
