Date: 06 Jan 2000 17:51:42 -0500 From: Arcady Genkin <a.genkin@utoronto.ca> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: netscape and compat22 Message-ID: <r1z902224qp.fsf@eddie.cdf> References: <r1z4scrm2jd.fsf@eddie.cdf> <38751946.A472220E@journalstar.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Tony Wells <awells@journalstar.com> writes: > 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. Hi, Tony: As I said in my original message, I did insall that option. It just that netscape's port doesn't seem to see that. ;^( > 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? -- Arcady Genkin http://www.thpoon.com "'What good is my pity? Is not the pity the cross upon which he who loves man is nailed?..'" (Zarathustra - F. Nietzsche) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?r1z902224qp.fsf>