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From: David Riley <happyoscar42@usa•net>
To: Greg Allen <gallen@arlut•utexas.edu>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists•linuxppc.org
Subject: Re: CodeWarrior objects -> LinuxPPC
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 20:39:02 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <387E37D3.EF6D77C1@usa.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: v04011700b4a419989df1@[129.116.196.236]


Greg Allen wrote:
> 
> Is it possible compile C source in CodeWarrior and create an object (or
> library) that can be used under LinuxPPC?

> I notice that a CW "Shared Library" is recognized by /usr/bin/file as
> "header for PowerPC PEF executable", but objdump will have nothing to do
> with it.
> 
> My initial guess is "not yet".  Has anyone else ever tried this?
> 
> I guess there's no reason that objcopy couldn't be extended to handle this
> (assuming CodeWarrior's object/lib file formats are public info).

My guess is that it is difficult if not impossible to use a MacOS
library (PowerPC or not) in linux, since even libraries make use of the
"cfrg" resource.  And Metrowerks' object format is proprietary (this is
one of the things that causes the major rift between CW and MPW).

-- 
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take effect."

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  reply	other threads:[~2000-01-13 20:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2000-01-14  0:32 CodeWarrior objects -> LinuxPPC Greg Allen
2000-01-13 20:39 ` David Riley [this message]
2000-01-14  1:29 ` Timothy Wall
2000-01-14  1:35 ` Jim Potter
2000-01-14  1:48 ` Tony Mantler
2000-01-14  2:01   ` David Edelsohn

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