Red Hat Linux -> NetBSD porting

Pete Snider psnider at adelphia.net
Sun Jun 8 20:31:44 EDT 2003


On 08 Jun 2003 15:41:32 -0400
Paul Iadonisi <pri.nhlug at iadonisi.to> wrote:

> Hi,
>   I'm trying to do some porting from Red Hat Linux 9 to NetBSD 1.6.1 and
> have bumped into something that's hard to do a google for.  Basically,
> it looks as if the 'error' function that exists in glibc does not exist
> in NetBSD's libc.

I assume the source are non-public and you've tried defining _BSD_SOURCE.
What are some of the errors?

>   Ideally, I'd love to find some Linux compatibility libraries and
> headers, similar in concept to AIX 5L's Linux source compatibility so
> that I can just build Linux oriented source out of the box (or with
> minor patches) on NetBSD.  However, I'm open to suggestions.
>   Looking for some suggestions in general, really, on a recommended
> approach for missing or incompatible functionality on NetBSD.
>   Any ideas?
> -- 
> -Paul Iadonisi
>  Senior System Administrator
>  Red Hat Certified Engineer / Local Linux Lobbyist
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