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Date:      Mon, 6 Dec 1999 04:31:50 -0800 (PST)
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        Dieter Rothacker <didi@Xterminator.STUDFB.UniBw-Muenchen.de>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Old Libs...?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.9912060429210.4557-100000@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <EZpLOCr0FTg%2BWyBxsmt%2BiePFfb3b@4ax.com>

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On Mon, 6 Dec 1999, Dieter Rothacker wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have just installed 4.0-SNAP-19991203. I noticed that some packages (e.g.
> samba, bash2) complain about missing shared libs (e.g. libreadline.so.3
> needed and .4 is installed). Reading similar things in the mailing list
> archive, I assume that I have to install the old libs from a 3.3-stable BIN.
> Correct?
> 
> How do I find out which bin-archives I really need to download? I looked at
> the mtree-file, but did not find the exact arc files mentioned. I do not
> want to download all bin.* files.
> 
> Please forgive me if the solution should be obvious, it is my first try at
> FreeBSD.

It's ok, you really ought to try 3.3-stable, all the packages should
work fine with it.

4.0 is the developer/early-adopter version, not fun for newbies.
3.x is the 'stable' version, and much easier on people new to FreeBSD.

-Alfred



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