Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 15:11:29 -0700 (MST) From: Charlie Sorsby <crs@swcp.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: compat22 Message-ID: <200102062211.PAA01520@quail.swcp.com>
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Hello, I finally decided to bite the bullet and update my 2.1.5 system to a more recent version. Because of the graphics card that I recently replaced when a lightning-induced power surge had its way with my main board and graphics board, I'd decided to go with 3.4 (from the Walnut Creek CDROM distribution). I installed it yesterday but (among other glitches) when it tried to intall Netscape, it barfed and whined about a.out files and that I need to install compat22 first. Thinking that I'd missed some optional package during the first install (and having been unable to back up when I realized that I'd given the ppp installation the wrong serial port), I re-installed, paying particular attention to looking for compat22. It was no where to be found. I should have thought that, if the version of Netscape provided in the distribution required it, it would have been present and the the installation software would have installed it as a Netscape dependency as it did for other dependencies for other packages. What's the story? And where can I get compat22 (and any other compatibility packages requires since FreeBSD has begun seriously diverging from real BSD)? Thank you for any help you can provide. Charlie Sorsby crs@swcp.com PS I'm sending this from 2.1.5 since I don't yet have ppp working properly on 3.4--my next order of business, I guess, since I've no doubt that I'll have to ftp compat22 and its ilk. PPS Please don't tell me to go to your web site. Clearly, without X on 2.1.5 and with Netscape not having installed on 3.4 I'm not in real good shape for going to web sites. Yes, I know, I could use lynx but it's been my experience that few webmasters can be bothered with those of us who don't use the latest and greatest in GUI web browsers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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