On 20010207T232130+0100, J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) wrote: > [please use plain text for mail - mail isn't the web]
The mail I got *was* plain text. > On Wed, Feb 07, 2001 at 14:12:56 -0800, Eric Peng wrote: > >I am doing some research on the Linux operating system and have a question > >in regards to software running on Debian. If i have a piece of software > >that runs on Red Hat, will it also run on Debian? > > In general, yes. Although there have been cases in the past where a binary > compiled on a Red Hat system didn't work on a Debian system (the Red Hat > tools hardwired a search path for finding the dynamic X libraries which > didn't work on Debian). Also, generally Red Hat and Debian are source-compatible, so if a program runs in RedHat, it can almost always be compiled from source to work on a Debian system, even if the program for some reason does not work from the same binary. -- %%% Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho % [EMAIL PROTECTED] % http://www.iki.fi/gaia/ %%% Keep the Deja Archive Alive! http://www2.PetitionOnline.com/dejanews/petition.html
