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Date:      Sat, 16 Dec 2000 20:17:39 -0600
From:      Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com>
To:        Ken McGlothlen <mcglk@artlogix.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Beaten by Netscape ports.
Message-ID:  <20001216201739.A13957@dan.emsphone.com>
In-Reply-To: <87ae9vakfw.fsf_-_@ralf.artlogix.com>; from "Ken McGlothlen" on Sat Dec 16 17:46:43 GMT 2000
References:  <87ae9vakfw.fsf_-_@ralf.artlogix.com>

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In the last episode (Dec 16), Ken McGlothlen said:
> So far, so good.  But make install dies rather badly.
> 
> 	# make install
> 	===>  Installing for linux-netscape-communicator-4.76
> 	===>   [...] depends on file: /compat/linux/lib/ld.so - found
> 	===>   [...] depends on executable: netscape - found
> 	===>   [...] depends on shared library: X11.6 - found
> 	*** Signal 11

This sort of looks like the linux kernel module isn't installed.  try
running "/usr/sbin/linux" and see what happens.

> Well, okay.  I can try the more-native Netscape---I don't really need Flash
> right now.  Back to /usr/ports/www/netscape47-communicator, and "make":
> 
> 	# make install
> 	===>  Installing for netscape-communicator-4.76
> 	===>   [...] depends on executable: netscape - found
> 	===>   [...] depends on file: /usr/X11R6/lib/aout/libX11.so.6.1 - not found
> 	===>    Verifying install for /usr/X11R6/lib/aout/libX11.so.6.1 in /usr/ports/x11/XFree86-aoutlibs
> 	>> Xbin.tgz doesn't seem to exist in /usr/ports/distfiles/.
> 	>> Attempting to fetch from ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/3.3.3/binaries/FreeBSD-2.2.x/.
> 
> So I can't install either the Linux or FreeBSD versions of Netscape
> Communicator---the former because of an odd segfault, and the latter because it
> seems to be confused about what it's looking for (why aout? why not ELF?).

Netscape still builds 2.2.* a.out binaries, for maximum portability I
suppose.  That's why the port downloads the 2.2 X11 shared libraries.

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@emsphone.com


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