On Mon November 2 2009 05:15:09 am Peter Clifton wrote: > On Sun, 2009-11-01 at 18:14 -0500, Mark wrote: > > How different are Ubuntu's libraries (packages) compared to the bone > > stock ones straight from the project developers? I'm not certain they > > would really work on Slackware. > > I'm not sure.. I tried to find some slackware packages, but their site > is terminally broken..
Slackware makes a philosophy of being broken. :) > Installing custom compiled versions of system libraries is typically a > recipe for a broken system disaster.. since it is difficult to know what > patches / fixes / compile options a distro will use to put together a > working suite. That's what I was thinking but I thought a quick question just to check couldn't hurt. > On Ubuntu, the debug libraries are not installed in /usr/lib/..., they > hide in /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/.... (Under /usr/lib/debug is an image of > the file-system, but just with debug libraries). I'm pretty sure I'd have to compile debug versions of the libraries for Slack. I believe that Slackware runs 'strip' on every executable which removes all debug symbols from every binary they use. > If you had a spare HDD, installing Ubuntu (or one of the other more > modern distributions) would probably be the easiest way to proceed IMO. Ah well, I was hanging onto this older setup until I made the time to install Slackware 13. But then I saw others reporting the problem and I thought I might be able to help. I'm assuming a new setup or even a clean install of gEDA-gaf and PCB might clear the problem. But what fun is that? ;) I guess I've been waiting long enough. I'll upgrade (maybe sometime soon) and see if we can call that a fix. -Mark Stanley _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
