I know somebody running the very latest gnome builds on a 5.3 system still running
libc5. I can have him send you guys instructions if you like (or maybe he can come by
since he is stationed on a Air Force base in Germany). ;-)
Rick Thompson
> ** Original Subject: Re: [SuSE Linux] GNOME 1.0 and SuSE 5.3
> ** Original Sender: Lenz Grimmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> ** Original Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 15:59:23 +0200 (MEST)
> ** Original Message follows...
>
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, 15 Apr 1999, Dushi wrote:
>
> > I was so anxious to instaal GNOME 1.0 on my 5.3 system that althought
> > it was stated the rpm's where for SuSE 6.0 I went ahead and installed
> > them anyway. Ofcourse I had to install a lot of 6.0 rpm's first. After
> > three days my system was a mess, and I had to reinstall 5.3 from
> > scratch.
> >
> > My question is: Is there any way to install these Gnome 1.0 on my 5.3
> > system? Doe sanyone know when there will be a 5.3 version ? Or maybe I
> > missed something and there is already a 5.3 version.
>
> AFAIK, it is not possible anymore to compile the recent GNOME versions on
> a libc5 system. Even though S.u.S.E. Linux 5.3 was capable of running
> glibc2 binaries, I doubt that this will work with the current RPMs. Sorry!
>
>
> Bye,
> LenZ
>
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