Re: 3.2-RELEASE and netscape problem.

1999-05-21 Thread Chris Costello
On Tue, May 18, 1999, Roger Hardiman wrote: I suppose the problems will be in Netscape and my XiGs Accel X 4.1. Running a 4.0-CURRENT system always updated via CVSup (never used snapshots), I can testify that the best way of keeping aout compatibility is really just compiling world with

Re: 3.2-RELEASE and netscape problem.

1999-05-18 Thread David O'Brien
It breaks because compat22 is installing _everything_ in /usr/lib/compat/aout. We've reproduced this locally - compat22 is hosed. Will fix this. I followed the lead of the unoffical compat22 which was built from libs on Hub. -- -- David(obr...@nuxi.com -or- obr...@freebsd.org) To

a.out lib placment (was: 3.2-RELEASE and netscape problem.)

1999-05-18 Thread David O'Brien
It breaks because compat22 is installing _everything_ in /usr/lib/compat/aout. We've reproduced this locally - compat22 is hosed. I *knew* this was going to bite us in the ass. I brought it up at E-day time... and was ignored. Some body please decide where bits should live. *IF* you

Re: a.out lib placment (was: 3.2-RELEASE and netscape problem.)

1999-05-18 Thread John Birrell
David O'Brien wrote: It breaks because compat22 is installing _everything_ in /usr/lib/compat/aout. We've reproduced this locally - compat22 is hosed. I *knew* this was going to bite us in the ass. I brought it up at E-day time... and was ignored. I hear what you say - I just don't

Re: a.out lib placment (was: 3.2-RELEASE and netscape problem.)

1999-05-18 Thread David O'Brien
NOW if you look at the compat2{0,1} bits we shipped with 3.2, they install into /usr/lib/compat/. Thus we have no consistancy. So compat22 is no more broken than ``make aout-to-elf''. I think you are abusing compat22 by adding the aout (legacy) stuff. Why not just build a legacy

Re: a.out lib placment (was: 3.2-RELEASE and netscape problem.)

1999-05-18 Thread John Birrell
David O'Brien wrote: NOW if you look at the compat2{0,1} bits we shipped with 3.2, they install into /usr/lib/compat/. Thus we have no consistancy. So compat22 is no more broken than ``make aout-to-elf''. I think you are abusing compat22 by adding the aout (legacy) stuff. Why not

3.2-RELEASE and netscape problem.

1999-05-17 Thread Roger Hardiman
I have a fresh installation of FreeBSD 3.2 on my laptop. I tried to install netscape 4.08 from both ports and then as a package. Both times, I get the following error Couldn't load /usr/libexec/ld.so. It has been suggested I need to compile XFree86 locally. My poor laptop will take ages to do

Re: 3.2-RELEASE and netscape problem.

1999-05-17 Thread Mike Smith
I have a fresh installation of FreeBSD 3.2 on my laptop. I tried to install netscape 4.08 from both ports and then as a package. Both times, I get the following error Couldn't load /usr/libexec/ld.so. It has been suggested I need to compile XFree86 locally. My poor laptop will

Re: 3.2-RELEASE and netscape problem.

1999-05-17 Thread Roger Hardiman
Mike You will probably need the compat22 distribution for Netscape to work correctly. I installed it both during installation and then again via /stand/sysinstall just to make sure. Still no luck. Bye Roger To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with unsubscribe

Re: 3.2-RELEASE and netscape problem.

1999-05-17 Thread Jordan K. Hubbard
I have a fresh installation of FreeBSD 3.2 on my laptop. What happens if you select the 2.2 compat dist during installation? - Jordan I tried to install netscape 4.08 from both ports and then as a package. Both times, I get the following error Couldn't load /usr/libexec/ld.so.

Re: 3.2-RELEASE and netscape problem.

1999-05-17 Thread Jordan K. Hubbard
I installed it both during installation and then again via /stand/sysinstall just to make sure. Still no luck. Hmmm. So much for that idea. :) Oddness.. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with unsubscribe freebsd-hackers in the body of the message

Re: 3.2-RELEASE and netscape problem.

1999-05-17 Thread Roger Hardiman
Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: I installed it both during installation and then again via /stand/sysinstall just to make sure. Still no luck. Hmmm. So much for that idea. :) Oddness.. I copyied /usr/libexec/ld.so from my 2.2.7 machine to my 3.2 machine and it all worked. bye roger To

Re: 3.2-RELEASE and netscape problem.

1999-05-17 Thread Mike Smith
I have a fresh installation of FreeBSD 3.2 on my laptop. What happens if you select the 2.2 compat dist during installation? It breaks because compat22 is installing _everything_ in /usr/lib/compat/aout. We've reproduced this locally - compat22 is hosed. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead,

Re: 3.2-RELEASE and netscape problem.

1999-05-17 Thread Jordan K. Hubbard
It breaks because compat22 is installing _everything_ in /usr/lib/compat/aout. We've reproduced this locally - compat22 is hosed. Hmmm. Good thing I took that out of the default list of installation targets then. :) I tend to think that the compat22 distro simply aged and died but nobody

Re: 3.2-RELEASE and netscape problem.

1999-05-17 Thread Roger Hardiman
Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: It breaks because compat22 is installing _everything_ in /usr/lib/compat/aout. We've reproduced this locally - compat22 is hosed. Hmmm. Good thing I took that out of the default list of installation targets then. :) I tend to think that the compat22 distro