On Mon, 08 Apr 2002, Peter Gloor wrote: ><snip> > > Seems to become a never ending story. Having built gmake I've got the next > problem and so on. After more than 10 hours work I give it up. Replacing a > lot of Qube's software with newer (unsupported) releases cannot be the idea > and will probably break the Qube's warranty/support. > > Today we decided not to support that third party vendors software. Either he > is willing to support glibc 2.1.3 or we are looking for someone else > providing the functionality we are looking for. Another option is to make a > new product especially designed for Cobalt Qube and RaQ servers. > > What I have learned from this lesson is that the Qube (and other Cobalt > systems as well) has its limitations. As a software development company we > can easily design our software in a way it not only runs on the Qube, but > also makes use of its features for easy administration, setup and > maintenance. When it comes to third party software it can be quite difficult > to get support from the vendors/manufacturers (from either side). >
It can be a real bitch, putting software on a Cobalt. The problem is they are using such old and *modified* Linux dstributions. It would not be too bad if they kept the thing up2date. -- Gerald Waugh http://www.frontstreetnetworks.com Front Street Networks LLC - 203-785-0699 229 Front Street, Ste. #C, New Haven CT, 06513-3203 _______________________________________________ cobalt-developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-developers
