Re: 4.2-stable, ports/packages in XF86 4.0.2
David W. Chapman Jr.: >The problem is netscape itself, since it comes in binary format, anyone who >ports it doesn't have a choice into which format, I believe the bsdi version >of netscape is elf, but I'm not totally sure. It is, and the BSDI binary runs just smoothly on FreeBSD. The only issue is that the latest version is not 4.76 but 4.75. I am not sure whether this is because the BSDI version was not suffering the bug that made Netscape to release 4.76, or whether they just dropped BSDI support. Helge To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Re: 4.2-stable, ports/packages in XF86 4.0.2
>Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 21:15:22 -0600 >From: Bruce Burden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: 4.2-stable, ports/packages in XF86 4.0.2 > >> 2. The Netscape Communicator 4.76 package (from CD 1 of >> the 4.2 set) will not install, complaining about the lack >> of a.out X libraries. The "previous" installation of >> Netscape would not start, leaving a log message of not >> being able to find ld.so.6 (iirc). >> > I find that I need to add: > > export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${LD_LIBRARY_PATH_AOUT} > > to get Netscape to install and run. Since Netscape is still in > the a.out time frame, I can see why it doesn't look for > LD_LIBRARY_PATH_AOUT. Still, an ELF format Netscape would be nice... Well, things work ok (for Netscape :) with XFree 3.3.6... Both installing & running. Also, XFree86 4.0.2 appears to have/install a.out libraries... (?) But this still sounds like Yet Another Reason to ditch Netwcape... >> /etc/make.conf has XFREE86_VERSION=4 defined. >> > This simply causes /usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4 directory and > dependencies to be cleaned. Otherwise, /usr/ports/x11/XFree86 > (currently 3.3.6) is being cleaned. >> >> Ideas? These start looking like port/package problems... (?) >> > Did you install XFree86-4.0.2 from the package or the > ports collection? I get compile errors with pthread and Xthreads > when I attempt to install in from the ports collection, which > makes it rather difficult to install... I installed from the precompiled binaries from xfree86.org. Alas, I've so far found almost *no* FreeBSD documentation wrt XFree86-4... :-/ -kc To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Re: 4.2-stable, ports/packages in XF86 4.0.2
> > 2. The Netscape Communicator 4.76 package (from CD 1 of > the 4.2 set) will not install, complaining about the lack > of a.out X libraries. The "previous" installation of > Netscape would not start, leaving a log message of not > being able to find ld.so.6 (iirc). > I find that I need to add: export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${LD_LIBRARY_PATH_AOUT} to get Netscape to install and run. Since Netscape is still in the a.out time frame, I can see why it doesn't look for LD_LIBRARY_PATH_AOUT. Still, an ELF format Netscape would be nice... > > /etc/make.conf has XFREE86_VERSION=4 defined. > This simply causes /usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4 directory and dependencies to be cleaned. Otherwise, /usr/ports/x11/XFree86 (currently 3.3.6) is being cleaned. > > Ideas? These start looking like port/package problems... (?) > Did you install XFree86-4.0.2 from the package or the ports collection? I get compile errors with pthread and Xthreads when I attempt to install in from the ports collection, which makes it rather difficult to install... Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Re: 4.2-stable, ports/packages in XF86 4.0.2
> 2. The Netscape Communicator 4.76 package (from CD 1 of > the 4.2 set) will not install, complaining about the lack > of a.out X libraries. The "previous" installation of > Netscape would not start, leaving a log message of not > being able to find ld.so.6 (iirc). > > /etc/make.conf has XFREE86_VERSION=4 defined. > > Ideas? These start looking like port/package problems... (?) I found that Netscape 4.76 wouldn't compile with the newer a.out libs and I had to install the older ones to make it work... To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message