Top Document: SGI apps Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Previous Document: -39- Where's 'edge' in IRIX 5.x? What can I use instead? Next Document: -41- How can I convert IRIX 4.0.x executables to IRIX 5.x? See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge Date: 06 Apr 1996 00:00:01 EST Strictly speaking, you can't. Many things changed in IRIX 5.x. You can, however generate executables in COFF (IRIX 4.0.x) format instead of ELF (IRIX 5.x) format, and these will often work on IRIX 4.0.x if they don't use complex things like multiprocessing. The manual and release notes describe how, and here's a summary: 1) Make sure you've installed all of the appropriate irix4 compatibility subsystems. These include irix4_eoe, irix4_dev, irix4_c and others for Motif, Inventor, etc. 2) setenv SGI_IRIX4 1 3) If your source uses explicit paths to headers, libraries, etc., change them to point to the irix4 versions. 4) Use cc or make or whatever as you normally would. You can't do this in IRIX 6.2., which doesn't support COFF at all. User Contributions:Top Document: SGI apps Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Previous Document: -39- Where's 'edge' in IRIX 5.x? What can I use instead? Next Document: -41- How can I convert IRIX 4.0.x executables to IRIX 5.x? Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: sgi-faq@viz.tamu.edu (The SGI FAQ group)
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