From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Nov 27 04:38:59 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id EAA27201 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 27 Nov 1995 04:38:59 -0800 Received: from Sysiphos (Sysiphos.MI.Uni-Koeln.DE [134.95.212.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with SMTP id EAA27190 for ; Mon, 27 Nov 1995 04:38:38 -0800 Received: by Sysiphos id AA20805 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for hackers@freebsd.org); Mon, 27 Nov 1995 13:35:39 +0100 Message-Id: <199511271235.AA20805@Sysiphos> From: se@zpr.uni-koeln.de (Stefan Esser) Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1995 13:35:39 +0100 In-Reply-To: Kai Vorma "Java.." (Nov 25, 0:05) X-Mailer: Mail User's Shell (7.2.6 alpha(2) 7/9/95) To: Kai.Vorma@hut.fi Subject: Re: Java.. Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Nov 25, 0:05, Kai Vorma wrote: } Subject: Java.. } Netscape 2.0B3 is now out (ftp://ftp.netscape.com/2.0b3/unix) and Java } Applet support is now available for Linux (but not for BSDI). The } linux version seems to be working under emulation (-current) so check } it out if you are interested! } } To get it working you have to delete /etc/host.conf because linux uses } different syntax than FreeBSD. No, you don't have to delete /etc/host.conf ! Just set the environment variable RESOLV_HOST_CONF to /compat/linux/etc/host.conf and put an empty file there, or one containing the following single line: order bind,hosts Regards, STefan -- Stefan Esser, Zentrum fuer Paralleles Rechnen Tel: +49 221 4706021 Universitaet zu Koeln, Weyertal 80, 50931 Koeln FAX: +49 221 4705160 ============================================================================== http://www.zpr.uni-koeln.de/~se