Subj : Converting Linux programs
To   : Stephen Haffly
From : David Calafrancesco
Date : Mon Aug 22 2005 10:17 pm

Stephen Haffly wrote in a message to All:

 SH> Hi everyone,

 SH> How hard is it to convert Linux programs to OS/2 programs using
 SH> GCC? 

 SH> I am sharing an APC UPS (BackUPS XS 1500) between two computers. 
 SH> One is Linux (Fedora Core 4) and this one is eComStation 1.15.

 SH> On the Linux box, I am running apcupsd to manage UPS events.  This
 SH> is network capable, and looks like it would work (if I can figure
 SH> out how to port it over to OS/2) to manage both machines.

 SH> Apcupsd is open source, and I have a copy of the source code for
 SH> the Linux version.

 SH> Am I being realistic in thinking this could work, or should I give
 SH> up and hope that no power outage long enough to run the batteries
 SH> down occurs while I am away from the machines?

Have you considered the possibility of just installing an ssh daemon on your 
OS2 system, have the linux apcupsd capable system use a passwordless ssh key to 
ssh in and shut your OS2 system down when needed?

To compile a program, you must have all the proper libraries that it expects to 
link against. If the program was written to solely use gcc built in functions, 
it should compile just fine. If it expects a library to exist, then you will 
need to find/port that library. First step is to compile it and see if it 
complains. But the ssh key thing is certainly easier to setup :) 


Dave Calafrancesco, Team OS/2
dave@drakkar.org

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