From:	perfecto AT mail2 DOT nai DOT net (Perry DOT Fecteau AT Republican DOT COM)
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Subject:	Re: linux object (*.o) with DJGPP
Date:	Fri, 13 Feb 1998 07:09:49 GMT
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can one compiled under dos be used in windows asuming there's no dos
specific code in it?  i.e. just ansi c with no hardware calls.

On Thu, 12 Feb 1998 16:29:29 +0200 (IST), Eli Zaretskii
<eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote:

>
>On Thu, 12 Feb 1998, cappa luca wrote:
>
>> Can I use an objectfile, such as "osp.o", compiled under LiNUX  
>> with DJGPP ?
>
>No, you can't.  Linux uses a different object file format (ELF, whereas 
>DJGPP uses COFF).  You can convert ELF to COFF if you have Binutils which 
>support both formats, but even then an object file can require external 
>functions and variables which don't exist on DJGPP.
>
>In sum: don't do that, object files from different systems don't mix 
>well.

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