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Subject: Re: Is compatibility for old aout binaries broken?
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Interesting.  After I installed the XFree86-aoutlibs port, SimCity
works fine for me (on an 8-bit display)...

It didn't work with the X libs built by the port when aout libs
are requested, and it didn't work with the X libs from 3.3.6, but
it works with these.

> > Looks good.  Can you install the XFree896-aoutlib port?  You may have
> > seen were someone posted the a.out libs from 3.3.6 are known to not be
> > the the best to use for compatibility use.


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