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Date:      Thu, 29 Jan 1998 17:33:51 +1030
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        "Sean J. Schluntz" <schluntz@clicknet.com>
Cc:        freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Executor launch error, can't find libdb? 
Message-ID:  <199801290703.RAA01951@word.smith.net.au>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 28 Jan 1998 14:35:45 -0800." <34CFB2C1.ED88EBC@clicknet.com> 

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> I'm attempting to run executor under XInsides' cde on Xaccel on a
> FreeBSD v2.2.5 system.  When I run executor it errors out:
> 
> executor: can't load library 'libdb.so.2'
> 
> I've located the library (from the RedHad distribution of Linux) and
> placed it in the /usr/compat/linux/usr/i486-linuxaout/lib directory with
> the libdb.so.1.85.1 file and the libdb.so.1 file that's a link to the
> 1.85.1 file.

This directory is only searched for a.out binaries; isn't Executor ELF 
these days?

> I've also run the /compat/linux/sbin/ldconfig.  But still executor gives
> me this same error.  What can I try now?

When you ran ldconfig, did it create a libdb.so.2 symlink?  If not, 
then it hasn't looked in the correct directory, and you may want to try 
making it yourself.
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