From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 28 23:47:38 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 481E216A4CE for ; Sun, 28 Dec 2003 23:47:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from tpa6.isomedia.com (outgoing-mail.isomedia.com [66.114.158.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DDD043D53 for ; Sun, 28 Dec 2003 23:47:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chip@wiegand.org) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by tpa6.isomedia.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17B351CD3FF; Sun, 28 Dec 2003 23:45:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from tpa6.isomedia.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (tpa6.isomedia.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 13126-08; Sun, 28 Dec 2003 23:45:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from pioneernet.net (mail.pioneernet.net [207.115.64.224]) by tpa6.isomedia.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 387CD1D7518; Sun, 28 Dec 2003 22:03:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from wiegand.org [66.114.152.128] by pioneernet.net with ESMTP (SMTPD32-6.06) id A3FF1EF3007C; Sun, 28 Dec 2003 22:04:47 -0800 Message-ID: <3FEFC3E1.4090603@wiegand.org> Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 22:04:17 -0800 From: Chip Wiegand User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Matthew Seaman References: <3FEE5975.7060104@wiegand.org> <3FEE77BA.4060506@wiegand.org> <20031228094627.GB62584@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20031228094627.GB62584@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at isomedia.com X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.0 tagged_above=-999.0 required=999.0 tests=EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION, IN_REP_TO, REFERENCES, REPLY_WITH_QUOTES, SMTPD_IN_RCVD, USER_AGENT_MOZILLA_UA X-Spam-Level: X-MailScanner-SpamCheck: LEVEL= cc: paul beard cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ghostview missing libc.so.4? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 07:47:38 -0000 Thanks for the tip - I installed compat4 and lilypond runs fine now. If I remember correctly the compats were installed by default in earlier versions weren't they? Anyway, thanks, Chip Matthew Seaman wrote: >On Sat, Dec 27, 2003 at 10:33:34PM -0800, paul beard wrote: > > >>On Dec 27, 2003, at 10:27 PM, Chip Wiegand wrote: >> >> >> >>>Mine has libc.so.5. No wonder the app is failing, it specifically >>>wants .4 and is too dumb to work with anything newer. I'm getting real >>>frustrated with this again, I'd like to move away from MS but it's not >>>easy to do when the apps I need don't even work properly. >>> >>> >>You could fake it out with a symlink, but the Real Solution may be to >>rebuild whatever that file is part of, which I assume means a >>buildworld. >> >> > >No -- don't do that. Shlib version numbers are changed for a reason. > >Instead either install the misc/compat4x port or else set COMPAT4X=yes >in /etc/make.conf and rebuild your world. This will let you run apps >compiled for 4.x on a 5.x system. > > > >>I'm only running 4.9: I assume you're on 5.x if you have a higher file >>number? >> >> > >Yes -- for libc the shlib version number is the same as the major >version number of the OS. > > Cheers, > > Matthew > > >