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Date:      Thu, 3 Jun 1999 14:21:00 -0700 (PDT)
From:      <kip@lyris.com>
To:        s <shellis@fda.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD-Stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: A little Linux compatability exercise
Message-ID:  <Pine.SOL.4.05.9906031418060.19576-100000@luna>
In-Reply-To: <3756DD41.4B2A3FD6@fda.net>

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Other people have had problems due to the aout->elf change. Since the
package is from 2.2.8 it is going to be dependent on the aout libraries.
Check that ldconfig is set right for your a.out libraries. I hope this
helps a little. If this does not point you in the right direction let me
know.
				-Kip 



On Thu, 3 Jun 1999, s wrote:

> To:
>              FreeBSD-Stable@FreeBSD.ORG
> 
> Dear Folks,
> 
> 
> Several weeks ago I tried to install a package called
> xinvest-2.5.1.tgz.  What occurred was quite interesting, and the
> resulting frustrations have only been out-matched by the interesting
> learning experience. The reason I am interested in this little project
> (it has now turned into a project) is that it gives me valuable
> experience in adding Linux type packages.  This will probably become
> more important to FreeBSD users as the library of Linux applications
> expands.
> 
> I am using release 3.1 on 3 different systems; one is a Pentium 200, one
> is an AMD 233, and the third is a 486 DX 66.  The first two systems have
> 64 MB of RAM and the third system has 48 MB of RAM.  All three systems
> have at least seven gigabytes of disk.
> 
> I believe that the last appearance of the xinvest package is in the
> packages for release 2.2.8.  I downloaded the package, and used the
> package add function.  It installed smoothly on all three systems.  I
> have also installed linux_lib-2.6, and later linux_lib-2.6.1. I also
> re-compiled my kernel with "option Linux." Then the fun began.
> 
> 1.) On the first system, when I typed in "Xinvest", I received the
> following diagnostic:
> 
> ld-elf.so.1 failed: shared object "libXm.so.1" not found.
> 
>  I checked my directories to make sure that this was present in both
> /usr/X11R6/lib and /usr/compat/linux/usr/X11R6/lib, which was the case.
> 
> 2.) On the second system, when I typed in "Xinvest", I received the
> following diagnostic:
> 
> ld.so failed: can't find shared library "libXpm.so.4.11"
> 
> I checked my directories to make sure that this was present in both
> /usr/X11R6/lib and /usr/compat/linux/usr/X11R6/lib, which was the case,
> as was the situation with the 486 DX 66.
> 
> 
> 3.) On the third system, I received the following diagnostic:
> 
> ld.so failed: can't find shared library "libXpm.so.4"
> 
> But the following exist...
> 
> /usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.so.4.11 and
> usr/compat/linux/usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.so.4.11
> 
> 
> I made sure that the proper link was made between
> libXpm.so.4.11 and libXpm.so.4 in both cases, as pointed out in the
> handbook, section 23.1.
> In all three cases, I made sure that xpm-4.3k was present.  The same for
> lessiif.  In all cases, I made sure that the FreeBSD version of
> libXm.so.1 was present in /usr/X11R6 and that the Linux version was
> present in /usr/compat/linux/usr/X11R6/lib, as prescribed in the
> handbook, section 23.1.
> 
> The second system got even more interesting.  I re-generated xpm-4.3k
> and xinvest came up perfectly.  If you left X-Windows, and re-entered,
> Xinvest still came up.  However, if you re-booted, you were back with
> the original diagnostic error. You could, however, re-generate xpm-4.3k,
> and xinvest would come up and run perfectly again. This did not happen
> on either of the other systems.  Finally, what intrigues me the most is
> that one of the fellows in the office that I introduced to FreeBSD
> downloaded and ran xinvest using release 2.2.8 without a hitch.  As far
> as I know, he had the same libraries I have. I tried a last experiment.
> I read the document "PATH HOWTO" in my quest on the Web for some
> knowledge. I wrote a little script as follows:
> 
> csh
> setenv PATH /sbin:/bin:/usr/libexec:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:
> /usr/X11R6/lib:/sbin:/usr/compat/linux/usr/X11R6/lib
> Xinvest
> 
> What happened here was also interesting; no warning errors would come up
> as before, but neither would the program.
> 
> I also changed /root/.profile and /.profile to include the directories
> mentioned.  Still, no positive results.
> 
> 
>  A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, and I am dangerous.  If at all
> possible, please tell me what I am doing wrong.  Please  also, if
> possible, please advise me what reading I can pick up so that I can
> learn more on this subject.
> 
> Thanks for any help you can supply and for a great OS.
> Steve Ellis
> 
> 
> 
> 
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