Re: Is a binary with this libraries portable

llothar <llothar@xxxxxx> writes:
On 28 Feb., 15:28, Bernhard Agthe <dark2s...@xxxxxxx> wrote:

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So "portable" in the Unix world refers to a source package which is as
platform-independent as you can make it. If you don't want to distribute
your source you can try for Java but then Java can be disassembled easily.

No the LSB is a good step in this direction and i hope that people see
that we need binary compatibility across the major non geek Desktop
distributions.

The only people who would 'need' this are the people who want to
distribute binaries without source for some reason. And even these
actually don't: What they need is not an identical operating
environment everywhere, but a runtime environment which is compatible
with the environment used to develop some software. This can easily be
achieved by picking some set of 'supported' platforms and documenting
the compatibility requirements, so that people intending to use the
software on a non-supported platform can create such a compatible
environment if they so desire.
.

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