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Date:      Thu, 06 Jan 2000 16:37:58 -0600
From:      Tony Wells <awells@journalstar.com>
To:        Arcady Genkin <a.genkin@utoronto.ca>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: netscape and compat22
Message-ID:  <38751946.A472220E@journalstar.com>
References:  <r1z4scrm2jd.fsf@eddie.cdf>

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Run /stand/sysinstall and select the post-install
configuration/distributions.  You should see the compat22 option in
there.  I think the compat stuff is for backwards compatibility with
a.out executables, but I could be wrong.

Arcady Genkin wrote:
> 
> I'm trying to install netscape47-navigator via ports mechanism.
> 
> It tells me I need to install a.out support via installing
> compat22. I searched ports for compat22, found nothing, then
> went into sysinstall and found in additional distributions.
> 
> But even after I installed compat22, netscape still complains
> about compat22 missing.
> 
> What exactly is compat22 and how can I check if it is indeed
> installed?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> p.s. On a side note, why would I install netscape for linux
> insteqad of the native one?
> 
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