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Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 17:02:40 -0500
From: nm <nmanisca@vt.edu>
Subject: Re: success with osf1_base port?
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At 04:59 PM 3/21/00 -0500, Andrew Gallatin wrote:
>
>nm writes:
> > Anyone have success with the osf1_base port on
> > 4.0-RELEASE?
> > 
> > the netscape rpm gets downloaded and rpm2cpio gets
> > registered/installed, but the perl script (rpm2cpio)
> > runs and seems to do nothing at all... it just takes
> > up memory and cpu... any one else see this happen?
> > 
> > Is there a 'better' way to get netscape running?
>
>It actually works, assuming you have sufficent patience.
>
>The rpm2cpio that's part of the rpm package runs *much* quicker.

Thanks for the quick replies!

Hmm... well I guess I will just let it run... I will time it too

Nick


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