From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 19 7:32: 4 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail1.atl.bellsouth.net (mail1.atl.bellsouth.net [205.152.0.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F65E15438 for ; Fri, 19 Mar 1999 07:31:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wghicks@bellsouth.net) Received: from wghicks.bellsouth.net (host-209-214-67-138.atl.bellsouth.net [209.214.67.138]) by mail1.atl.bellsouth.net (8.8.8-spamdog/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA24861; Fri, 19 Mar 1999 10:30:33 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (wghicks@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wghicks.bellsouth.net (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id KAA43469; Fri, 19 Mar 1999 10:22:19 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from wghicks@wghicks.bellsouth.net) To: patrick@cre8tivegroup.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Updated linux libs In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 19 Mar 1999 10:21:38 -0000 (GMT)" References: X-Mailer: Mew version 1.93 on XEmacs 20.4 (Emerald) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <19990319102218Z.wghicks@wghicks.bellsouth.net> Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 10:22:18 -0500 From: W Gerald Hicks X-Dispatcher: imput version 980905(IM100) Lines: 42 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi Patrick, Not sure which version you're running, linux_libs-2.6 seems to have both versions of the libraries. If yours is older (probably 2.4) then you need to update your system. I'd recommend a wholesale upgrade to 3.1-STABLE (system and ports) to gain the advantage of some new Linux compatibility features and other fixes. Cheers, Jerry Hicks wghicks@bellsouth.net From: Patrick Gardella Subject: Updated linux libs Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 10:21:38 -0000 (GMT) > I was wondering if it's possible to simply copy over some of the libraries for > Linux in the compat directories. I'm trying a piece of software that requires > glibc6 versions of the libraries, but we seem to have libc5 versions. > > I know that the libc6 library is there, but I need all the libraries compiled > on libc6. > > Is there anything unusual about the libraries? Should I choose one over the > other? Thanks for the help. > > Patrick > > --- > Patrick S. Gardella Director of Web Development > The Creative Group 1-800-804-0783 ext 29 606-858-8029 (fax) > http://www.cre8tivegroup.com PGP Key ID 0xEE2D47A9 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message