Re: Netscape/Linux on FreeBSD an other horrors ...
On Wed, Sep 13, 2000 at 01:12:22PM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Wed, Sep 13, 2000 at 11:48:13AM +0100, Rasputin wrote: > > > When Sun got tired of waiting for Netscape to release a 1.2 JVM, they > > released a plug-in to allow Netscape to call an external JVM to handle > > applets. Will Mozilla take this approach? > > Why are you asking FreeBSD developers about Mozilla code plans? :-) > > Kris Oops, wring thread, I wanted : "10 ways Netscape sucks" :) -- Rasputin Jack of All Trades :: Master of Nuns To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Re: Netscape/Linux on FreeBSD an other horrors ...
Just F.Y.I. I have found that the same Netscape binary running on FreeBSD 4.1 is much more reliable than that binary running on FreeBSD 3.x. I attribute this to the change in how FPU exceptions are handled. That is, Netscape is probably getting floating pt. underflows/overflows which it does not handle. In FreeBSD 3.x, this dumped core, in 4.1 it is ignored. This may "improve" FreeBSD's reliability. [Of course, it raises a question regarding 2.x compatibility; shouldn't a 2.x binary continue to dump core on FPU exceptions, even on a later system?] - Dave Rivers - -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Work: (919) 676-0847 Get your mainframe (370) `C' compiler at http://www.dignus.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
