From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Jul 12 6:35:18 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from point.osg.gov.bc.ca (point.osg.gov.bc.ca [142.32.102.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27AC914E92 for ; Mon, 12 Jul 1999 06:35:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cy@cschuber.net.gov.bc.ca) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by point.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.8.7/8.8.8) id GAA07123; Mon, 12 Jul 1999 06:34:07 -0700 Received: from cschuber.net.gov.bc.ca(142.31.240.113), claiming to be "cwsys.cwsent.com" via SMTP by point.osg.gov.bc.ca, id smtpda07120; Mon Jul 12 06:33:48 1999 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by cwsys.cwsent.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) id GAA12063; Mon, 12 Jul 1999 06:32:08 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199907121332.GAA12063@cwsys.cwsent.com> Received: from localhost.cwsent.com(127.0.0.1), claiming to be "cwsys" via SMTP by localhost.cwsent.com, id smtpdi12002; Mon Jul 12 06:31:33 1999 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 Reply-To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group X-OS: FreeBSD 2.2.8-RELEASE X-Sender: cy To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Cc: Matt Behrens , Gregory Bond , stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Netscape pkg silently requires compat22 In-reply-to: Your message of "12 Jul 1999 06:26:44 +0200." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 06:31:33 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message , Dag-Erling Smorgrav writes: > Matt Behrens writes: > > The same thing happens with the latest binary builds from Netscape > > (which I presume the CD package is merely a repackaging of.) My > > guess is Netscape is still using an a.out 2.2 machine to do the > > builds. > > Not necessarily, but Navigator/Communicator uses Motif and there is > currently no Elf version of Motif for FreeBSD, so Netscape is forced > to build and distribute a.out binaries. Apps2go sells a downloadable Motif 2.1 package for FreeBSD 3 and Metrolink sells a CDROM with Motif 1.2, 2.0, and 2.1 for FreeBSD 3 on it. You can install what you want from Metrolink's CDROM or intelligently install "secondary" versions in some other directory like /opt. The reason for this is that in most cases Motif 2.1 will work, however in one case I've personally come across, the author of one application (Xdir) uses a Motif 1.2 widget that is broken in Motif 2.x. I highly recommend the Metrolink product. I don't know of any other vendors selling Motif for FreeBSD ELF. Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Open Systems Group Internet: Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca ITSD Cy.Schubert@gems8.gov.bc.ca Province of BC "e**(i*pi)+1=0" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message