Re: Kylix in FreeBSD

From: W. D. (WD_at_US-Webmasters.com)
Date: 10/31/03

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    Does this mean that one could possibly develop some GUI programs
    on Linux, them compile them to run on FreeBSD? Or, can one only
    compile command line apps?

    At 11:51 10/31/2003, Michael Edenfield, wrote:
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    >* jasaorp <jasaorp@yahoo.com.br> [031031 04:59]:
    >> Somebody uses Kylix in FreeBSD?
    >> What is the performance?
    >
    >The IDE doesn't run under FreeBSD. I worked on it a bit over this
    >summer when the most recent Kylix came out, and it appears to rely on
    >too many Linux-isms.
    >
    >The command-line tools work just fine, and produce binaries that are on
    >par with the ones you get from Linux. If I remember from my testing,
    >the compiler produces Linux-style ELF binaries.
    >
    >Getting the Kylix IDE to function on FreeBSD has been one of the ongoing
    >hair-pulling tasks I undertake every few months. The installer alone is
    >a pain in the ass, since it performs "compatibility checks" in such
    >Linux-centric ways as hard-coding /bin/bash into the shell scripts, and
    >searching for shared libraries by name from hard-coded paths. (GTK
    >especially gives the installer fits because FreeBSD's gtk library has a
    >-x11 at the end of the name.) But once you work around those issues
    >with some creative symlinking and script editing, the console tools
    >install fairly painlessly.
    >
    >--Mike
    >

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