Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 23:34:59 -0700 From: Studded <Studded@gorean.org> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: Nik Clayton <nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Netscape, 3.x, and -DWANT_AOUT Message-ID: <37689713.284B615@gorean.org> References: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9906091240130.3005-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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Doug White wrote: > > On Sun, 6 Jun 1999, Nik Clayton wrote: > > > Am I right in thinking that before I can run Netscape 4.x on a FreeBSD > > 3.x system, that system must have been compiled with "-DWANT_AOUT"? > > > > Or does ports/www/netscape46-navigator work on a wholly Elf system? > > Netscape is still an a.out binary, so you must have the a.out libs > (INCLUDING X) on the system. Yes. I was bitten by this myself on a recent new installation. I installed a minimal system (including the compat stuff) and then built X from the port. The lack of X aout libs meant that netscape wouldn't start. I ended up installing the X compat libs from another system. Does anyone know for sure if -DWANT_AOUT work with the X port? Doug PS, thanks for the compliment about mergemaster. :) -- *** Chief Operations Officer, DALnet IRC network *** Nominated for quote of the year is the statement made by Representative Dick Armey (Texas), who when asked if he were in the President's place, would he resign, responded: "If I were in the President's place I would not get a chance to resign. I would be lying in a pool of my own blood hearing Mrs. Armey standing over me saying, 'How do I reload this damn thing?'" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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