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Date:      Tue, 9 Jan 2001 20:50:23 -0500 (EST)
From:      "Vladimir N.Silyaev" <vns@mindspring.com>
To:        dhw@whistle.com
Cc:        emulation@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Anyone get "runsocks" to work for programs in Linux emulation mode?
Message-ID:  <200101100150.UAA00424@jupiter.delta.ny.us>
In-Reply-To: <200101092156.f09LuZ696960@pau-amma.whistle.com>
References:  <200101092156.f09LuZ696960@pau-amma.whistle.com>

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In muc.lists.freebsd.emulation, you wrote:
>The "runsocks" script basically works by placing certain libraries earlier
>in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH, so that calls to certain (dynamically loaded)
>functions get the "socksified" versions of the functions instead of the
>usual flavor.
I believe that runsocks uses just LD_PRELOAD, and don't touch 
LD_LIBRARY_PATH. 

>
>Linux emulation does its own curious things with the program's perception
>of the universe.
I believe that linux emulation don't change any behaviour of linux
[/compat/linux]/lib/ld.so

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>application.  So I wanted to try the Linux version of netscape....
IMHO you have to use linux version of runsocks (really linux version of
shared library) if you like to 'socksify' linux version of netscape.

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Regards,
Vladimir 


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