Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 09:02:00 -0500 (EST) From: Kenneth W Cochran <kwc@world.std.com> To: Bruce Burden <brucegb@realtime.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.2-stable, ports/packages in XF86 4.0.2 Message-ID: <200012311402.JAA20256@world.std.com> References: <200012310008.TAA22308@world.std.com>
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>Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 21:15:22 -0600 >From: Bruce Burden <brucegb@realtime.net> >To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: Re: 4.2-stable, ports/packages in XF86 4.0.2 > >> 2. The Netscape Communicator 4.76 package (from CD 1 of >> the 4.2 set) will not install, complaining about the lack >> of a.out X libraries. The "previous" installation of >> Netscape would not start, leaving a log message of not >> being able to find ld.so.6 (iirc). >> > I find that I need to add: > > export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${LD_LIBRARY_PATH_AOUT} > > to get Netscape to install and run. Since Netscape is still in > the a.out time frame, I can see why it doesn't look for > LD_LIBRARY_PATH_AOUT. Still, an ELF format Netscape would be nice... Well, things work ok (for Netscape :) with XFree 3.3.6... Both installing & running. Also, XFree86 4.0.2 appears to have/install a.out libraries... (?) But this still sounds like Yet Another Reason to ditch Netwcape... >> /etc/make.conf has XFREE86_VERSION=4 defined. >> > This simply causes /usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4 directory and > dependencies to be cleaned. Otherwise, /usr/ports/x11/XFree86 > (currently 3.3.6) is being cleaned. >> >> Ideas? These start looking like port/package problems... (?) >> > Did you install XFree86-4.0.2 from the package or the > ports collection? I get compile errors with pthread and Xthreads > when I attempt to install in from the ports collection, which > makes it rather difficult to install... I installed from the precompiled binaries from xfree86.org. Alas, I've so far found almost *no* FreeBSD documentation wrt XFree86-4... :-/ -kc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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