Date: Sat, 1 Feb 1997 13:44:46 -0600 From: john@dexter.starfire.mn.org (John Lind) To: rif@ns.kconline.com (Jim Riffle) Cc: danny@panda.hilink.com.au (Daniel O'Callaghan), isp@FreeBSD.ORG, ewssupport@architext.com Subject: Re: Architext Excite on FreeBSD? Message-ID: <Mutt.19970201134446.john@dexter.starfire.mn.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.95.970201110157.8147A-100000@rif.kconline.com>; from Jim Riffle on Feb 1, 1997 11:04:09 -0500 References: <Mutt.19970201073259.john@dexter.starfire.mn.org> <Pine.BSI.3.95.970201110157.8147A-100000@rif.kconline.com>
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> On Sat, 1 Feb 1997, John Lind wrote: > > Daniel O'Callaghan writes: > > > On Fri, 31 Jan 1997, John Lind wrote: > > > > SkyPoint just tried to install Architext Excite and the BSDI binaries > > > > won't run, at least on FreeBSD 2.1.0-R(CD). Is there a solution > > > > for this? > > > > > > Yes. Run 2.1.5 or higher. Works fine, I believe. > > > > Hmmm. This is not my experience. It instantly coredumps on 2.1.0-R(CD), > > 2.1.5, and 3.0-BETA. > > > > Am I doing something wrong? > > I have found that it was the perl binary that was causing core dumps when > I installed it on a 2.1.5 machine. If you untar the file, replace the > perl program with one from FreeBSD, re-tar it, it should work fine. I > have had it running this way on a 2.1.5 box and a 2.2-Beta box. Thanks to all of you for your attention and responses! Oh, dear. I had tried the perl substitution on the 2.1.0-R box, and that didn't work -- the Excite engines still bombed (even though the netscape I use on the 2.1.0-R boxes is BSDI) so after that, I used the perl as a "litmus test" for functionality. It is now clear that this was wrong. The Excite engines *DO* run on 2.1.5 (and presumably later) even though the perl packaged with it does not. I was going to try it on my 3.0-BETA system, but it appears I am have NFS problems with that system (old, slow 8-bit ethernet card from the salvage heap)... John Lind, Starfire Consulting Services E-mail: john@starfire.MN.ORG USnail: PO Box 17247, Mpls MN 55417
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