From owner-freebsd-emulation Mon Nov 19 12:59:41 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Received: from klima.physik.uni-mainz.de (klima.Physik.Uni-Mainz.DE [134.93.180.162]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6300F37B41A; Mon, 19 Nov 2001 12:59:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from klima.Physik.Uni-Mainz.DE (klima.Physik.Uni-Mainz.DE [134.93.180.162]) by klima.physik.uni-mainz.de (8.11.6/8.11.4) with ESMTP id fAJKxVB04055; Mon, 19 Nov 2001 21:59:31 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ohartman@klima.physik.uni-mainz.de) Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 21:59:31 +0100 (CET) From: "Hartmann, O." To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-question@freebsd.org Subject: Linux_base-7 and several Linux software Message-ID: <20011119215010.I2444-100000@klima.physik.uni-mainz.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hello. On new systems we try to install ports/linux_base-7 instead of the outdated linux_base-6, but we ran into trouble with several software products essential for desktop systems. Especially all types of Netscape (4.78, 4.79 and Netscape 6.2) need several parts of the older linux_base distribution and from there mainly libstdc++... libraries. The only way to get a working Netscape AND linux_base-7 is, installing linux_base-6 first, then installing all suspicious software (especially Netscape), deleting /compat/linux and installing linux_base-7. But before deleting the old /compat/linux I save/tar the libstdc++ libs located in usr/lib of the linuxulator base and then untaring them in the new, 7-based usr/lib. This works for netscape 4.78/4.79, StarOffice52 seems to be invulnerable against the 'base-change' ... Is this a problem of 'we are still on the way towards a completely base-7 based FBSD 4.5' or is base-7 more development like in FreeBSD 4.4? We run Lahey's Fortran95 Linux Version 5.5 on our servers (also VAST F90) and they seem to be immutable against the base-change ... -- MfG O. Hartmann ohartman@klima.physik.uni-mainz.de ---------------------------------------------------------------- IT-Administration des Institutes fuer Physik der Atmosphaere (IPA) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz Becherweg 21 55099 Mainz Tel: +496131/3924662 (Maschinenraum) Tel: +496131/3924144 FAX: +496131/3923532 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message