Re: FreeBSD native xanim (was Re: Native Applixware for FreeBSD -- When? )

1999-05-13 Thread Andre Albsmeier
On Tue, 11-May-1999 at 11:50:04 -0700, Ted Faber wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > > Bill Fumerola wrote: > >How often do I see a author make a program and release _one_ FreeBSD > >binary and about 5 different binaries depending on what linux libc format > >you have. > > On a rela

Re: FreeBSD native xanim

1999-05-12 Thread W Gerald Hicks
> I'd really rather have the cross-compilers. Me too, but for other reasons. If you are using CVS then the problems you mention of working between systems will be greatly minimized. Besides, we'd really like to see you try FreeBSD :-) My major problem with the approach you are considering rea

Re: FreeBSD native xanim (was Re: Native Applixware for FreeBSD -- When? )

1999-05-12 Thread Brian Handy
On Thu, 13 May 1999, Masachika ISHIZUKA wrote: >>> The only reason some of the linux codecs are not useable on FreeBSD is >>> the reference of symbol __IO_stderr, it should be quite easy to convert >>> them to references to &__sF[2]. >> >> Compile this little program, use it to process the linux .

Re: FreeBSD native xanim (was Re: Native Applixware for FreeBSD -- When? )

1999-05-12 Thread Masachika ISHIZUKA
>> The only reason some of the linux codecs are not useable on FreeBSD is >> the reference of symbol __IO_stderr, it should be quite easy to convert >> them to references to &__sF[2]. > > Compile this little program, use it to process the linux .xa files, and they > should be useable on FreeBSD.

Re: FreeBSD native xanim (was Re: Native Applixware for FreeBSD -- When? )

1999-05-12 Thread Luigi Rizzo
> I'd really rather have the cross-compilers. One for ELF and one for > the older freebsd object file format(A.OUT?). That way every time > I make a change I can just type "make freebsdELF" and "make freebsd" > right afterwards. ... > The problem with a separate machine(or OS partition) is the time

Re: FreeBSD native xanim (was Re: Native Applixware for FreeBSD -- When? )

1999-05-12 Thread Mark Podlipec
Luigi Rizzo wrote: > > [I am Bcc-ing Mark Podlipec since he might give us some input -- Mark, > we were discussing about FreeBSD versions of the DLL's] > > > > but the xanim author won't go that route. See > > > http://xanim.va.pubnix.com/xa_dlls.html . The short form is that the > > > NDA he's

Re: FreeBSD native xanim (was Re: Native Applixware for FreeBSD -- When? )

1999-05-11 Thread Luigi Rizzo
> > matter of deciding whether this is something worthwhile doing, and > > seeing if mark podlipec (Xanim's author) can handle cash or he > > needs a preinstalled machine shipped to him. > > vmware to the rescue? + a couple of hundred megs of disk space possibly, yes... luigi To Unsu

Re: FreeBSD native xanim (was Re: Native Applixware for FreeBSD -- When? )

1999-05-11 Thread Jacques Vidrine
On 11 May 1999 at 22:36, Luigi Rizzo wrote: > i think the necessary hardware would cost $1000 or less, and FreeBSD,Inc > has some funds for this thipe of things i suppose. It is just a > matter of deciding whether this is something worthwhile doing, and > seeing if mark podlipec (Xanim's author) c

Re: FreeBSD native xanim (was Re: Native Applixware for FreeBSD -- When? )

1999-05-11 Thread Luoqi Chen
> > On a related note, I don't know if people use xanim, a movie viewer in > > the ports collection, but it's recently been upgraded to support > > dynamically loadable codecs. The problem is that none of the codecs > > are compiled for FreeBSD, although there are three Linux versions :-). > > To

Re: FreeBSD native xanim (was Re: Native Applixware for FreeBSD -- When? )

1999-05-11 Thread Jordan K. Hubbard
> Jordan, what do you think ? I don't think it's worth it for just xanim. Give me more incentive than this. :) - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message

Re: FreeBSD native xanim (was Re: Native Applixware for FreeBSD -- When? )

1999-05-11 Thread Luigi Rizzo
[I am Bcc-ing Mark Podlipec since he might give us some input -- Mark, we were discussing about FreeBSD versions of the DLL's] > > but the xanim author won't go that route. See > > http://xanim.va.pubnix.com/xa_dlls.html . The short form is that the > > NDA he's under (or at least his interpreta

Re: FreeBSD native xanim (was Re: Native Applixware for FreeBSD -- When? )

1999-05-11 Thread Daniel Eischen
> Thanks for the offer, Joe, and I think it's generally a good thing, > but the xanim author won't go that route. See > http://xanim.va.pubnix.com/xa_dlls.html . The short form is that the > NDA he's under (or at least his interpretation thereof) won't let him > upload to an account and compile t

Re: FreeBSD native xanim (was Re: Native Applixware for FreeBSD -- When? )

1999-05-11 Thread Bill Fumerola
On Tue, 11 May 1999, Ted Faber wrote: > >It just occurs to me that a list of people prepared to offer compilation > >environments to people who insist in distributing binaries might be helpful. > > I think that's a good idea. Is there some human at FreeBSD who would > be willing to keep track of

Re: FreeBSD native xanim (was Re: Native Applixware for FreeBSD -- When? )

1999-05-11 Thread Ted Faber
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Joe Abley wrote: >On Tue, May 11, 1999 at 11:50:04AM -0700, Ted Faber wrote: >> >> [xanim modules for Linux only, author lacks a build env] >> > >There are a couple of people with shell accounts on my machines, who use >them to compile FreeBSD versions of thing

Re: FreeBSD native xanim (was Re: Native Applixware for FreeBSD -- When? )

1999-05-11 Thread Joe Abley
On Tue, May 11, 1999 at 11:50:04AM -0700, Ted Faber wrote: > > [xanim modules for Linux only, author lacks a build env] > There are a couple of people with shell accounts on my machines, who use them to compile FreeBSD versions of things. I'm more than happy to provide more (although some of the

Re: FreeBSD native xanim (was Re: Native Applixware for FreeBSD -- When? )

1999-05-11 Thread Luoqi Chen
> On a related note, I don't know if people use xanim, a movie viewer in > the ports collection, but it's recently been upgraded to support > dynamically loadable codecs. The problem is that none of the codecs > are compiled for FreeBSD, although there are three Linux versions :-). > To use them (

FreeBSD native xanim (was Re: Native Applixware for FreeBSD -- When? )

1999-05-11 Thread Ted Faber
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Bill Fumerola wrote: >How often do I see a author make a program and release _one_ FreeBSD >binary and about 5 different binaries depending on what linux libc format >you have. On a related note, I don't know if people use xanim, a movie viewer in the ports co