Eugenio Diaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I am currently using cooker from before 2.96 (yes I am crazy, blah,
> blah; I have been living on the edge since before RH created Rawhide,
> and have never lost a single bit, even though I have had several nasty
> episodes; so don't worry).
>
> If move to the new cooker with 2.96, will I still be able to run
> binaries like StarOfffice, Quake, etc.? I guess not ...
>
> If not, is there a way to install the pre-2.96 libraries in a compat
> package, and run the binaries from a script the preloads them?
>
> I think it used to be like this for Netscape, didn't it?
>
> BTW, how is Netscape handled now, is source given to RH and Mandrake for
> compilation with 2.96, or are is it done with a compat package?
There is binary incompatibility only with the C++ library.
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