> To be more specific on my cause, the application that I originally wanted to use the libpq.so is developed in Delphi 5 for Win32. So it would be too much work to port it to .NET/Mono. > My original question if it is possible to use native Linux libraries via Wine was clearly answered: No, it isn't possible because of different API and ABI. > If we decide to port it to Linux, the best solution is probably FreePascal and Lazarus IDE. That's cross-platform based and the Object Pascal dialects in Delphi and Lazarus are quite compatible. The ported application will then use native Linux libraries :-) > In the meantime, we'll try to run our application under Wine on Linux, using the Win32 versions of the libraries. > I already found a small bug so look forward for it. > Thank the whole Wine team for such a great project. > I am confused on why you do not just use the windows version of libpq with your application and ignore the fact that the host os may or may not have libpq installed. John
