Ok, I've got the native netscape running on Debian. Thanks to Jakob for pointing me to some patches to glibc in UltraPenguin.
The problem is that Netscape uses "longjmp()" between threads, which breaks with the glibc included in Debian. A patch to the Sparc __longjmp code fixes this, and Netscape runs. But the Debian sparc distribution currently uses glibc-2.0.100 and the source package no longer exists. So Debian sparc violates the GPL, but more importantly, I worked off of the 2.0.105 release found in "potato". I don't want to do an NMU of glibc-pre2.1 because I don't want to step on anyones toes and I don't know what other patches, if any, need to be carried on from 2.0.100 (I can't check, because I can't even find the patches). Christian, are you planning on upgrading the Debian sparc distribution to glibc-2.1_2.0.105 anytime soon? If so I have an essential patch for you. In the mean time, people can play with preliminary packages in "~dunham/" on master. (There is no source package there yet - it's the same as the one in potato with one file changed, I'll generate a proper source package tonight.) Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED]
