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From: Bela Lubkin <belal@sco.com>
Subject: Re: devlopment system 5.5 on unix 5.07?
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2003 07:35:49 GMT

gdm wrote:

> tony@aplawrence.com wrote:
> > gdm <gdm.aucun.nospam@club-internet.fr> wrote:
> >> Jean-Pierre Radley wrote:
> >>> gdm typed (on Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 07:45:23PM +0200):
> >>>> is it possible to write software with "development system for
> >>>> sco5.05" on a sco 5.0.7? I have a run time sco5.0.7.  and a
> >>>> development system for sco5.0.5. will I be able to develop software
> >>>> on my sco5.0.7 with the "development software of sco5.0.5" ?
> 
> >>> I doubt it, but why don't you try it and tell me I'm wrong?
> 
> >> I would like to use sco5.0.7.  I need only "vi" and a compiler C. I
> >> do not want to spend too much money. does it exist any free software
> >> vi + C ? what could you suggest to me?
> 
> > The problem is that you specifically said "development system for
> > Sco5.05".  If you want free, you can install gcc.  See
> > http://aplawrence.com/SCOFAQ/scotec1.html#compiler
> 
> I have a special driver running on SCO5.0.5. This driver works well when I
> compile with cc on my SCO5.0.5. . If I compile with gcc, will it run any
> longer?

If you mean a device driver, no.  Current versions of GCC can't build
COFF objects, and OpenServer device drivers must be in COFF format.

If you already have the 5.0.7 operating system and 5.0.5 development
system, why don't you try it?  I haven't tried, so I'm not sure, but I
think it would partly work.  I think it would be fine for compiling
device drivers.

User-level programs might be more trouble since both the 5.0.5 linking
libraries and the 5.0.7 runtime libraries would be involved at compile
time, and they might clash.  (Or it might be fine.)

>Bela<

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