RE: [TCLUG:1497] DEC3000 300L

[Brad DeJong <1796@mn3.lawson.lawson.com>]

On Wed, 30 Sep 1998, Christopher Reid Palmer wrote:
   

On Wed, 30 Sep 1998, Brad DeJong wrote:

> As for running Linux/Alpha apps on Digital Unix, c.o.l.alpha says no
> luck.  Supposedly this would require a kernel patch or compatibility
> library or something like that.

That would be if you wanted to run Linux/Alpha or Linux/x86 binaries --
of course you'd need a kernel patch and/or an emulator to do that.
However, inasmuch as the OS and the apps and libraries are
POSIX-compliant, some messing around with the source and then compiling
it should do the trick.

But if you recompile, then they are just plain old GNU apps and not   
Linux!  :^)

More importantly, that means that you have to either compile egcs/gcc on   
DU, find a site to download the binaries, or pay $$$ for a Digital   
compiler.  Neither of the first two is that difficult, but still harder   
than installing Red Hat.  The real pain-in-the-neck comes when new   
versions are released and instead of just updating the RPM, you have to   
make source changes and compile (again).