Ok, it seems the problem causing segfaulting of WordPerfect, etc.
it's a zero-length /etc/ld.so.preload file placed there by some 8.0/8.1 script.
I just uploaded to cooker a patched ld.so1-1.9.11-6mdk.i586.rpm so
it doesn't segfault with a zero length ld.so.preload
(well, maybe it still could choke with libsafe preloaded in
/etc/ld.so.preload, not yet tested myself).
So, to use libc5 based applications such as Word Perfect 8,
you should install these packages:
ld.so1-1.9.11-6mdk.i586.rpm
libc-base-5.3.12-36mdk.i586.rpm
and if needed:
libc-extras-5.3.12-36mdk.i586.rpm
This should also work for Mathematica 4.1.2, old Matlab 5.3, etc.
Bye.
Giuseppe.
