From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 19 7:46:28 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from iglou.com (iglou1.iglou.com [192.107.41.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CED015619 for ; Fri, 19 Mar 1999 07:46:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from patrick@cre8tivegroup.com) Received: from [204.255.227.30] (helo=gateway.cre8tivegroup.com) by iglou.com with esmtp (8.9.1/8.9.1) id 10O1Sf-0002j1-00; Fri, 19 Mar 1999 10:45:25 -0500 Content-Length: 1427 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <19990319102218Z.wghicks@wghicks.bellsouth.net> Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 10:45:22 -0000 (GMT) From: Patrick Gardella To: W Gerald Hicks Subject: Re: Updated linux libs Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 19-Mar-99 W Gerald Hicks wrote: > > 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'm running 2.6.1 libs right now. > 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. That's in the works now, as soon as I have the time to do it! My CD's came later than I was expecting (don't you love the Postal Service), so my upgrade schedule is off now. Patrick > 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