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Date:      Fri, 23 Nov 2001 14:53:35 +0200
From:      Nimrod Mesika <nimrodme@bezeqint.net>
To:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: linux-base 6.2 vs  linux-base 7
Message-ID:  <20011123145335.A2542@localhost.bsd.net.il>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0111231942230.876-100000@prophet.alphaque.com>; from dinesh@alphaque.com on Fri, Nov 23, 2001 at 07:44:28PM %2B0800
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0111231942230.876-100000@prophet.alphaque.com>

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On Fri, Nov 23, 2001 at 07:44:28PM +0800, Dinesh Nair wrote:
> 
> hey,
> 
> have linux-base 6.2 installed and working fine for a bunch of linux
> binaries including staroffice 5.2 and netscape-linux, both from the ports
> collection. planning on trying out staroffice 6.0-beta, but it depends on
> linux_base-7.
> 
> my question is if i used portsupgrade to replace linux base 6.2 with 7,
> will anything else break ? would love to hear user experiences on this
> one.

I tried moving to Linux_base-7 to be able to run a precompiled
binary of galeon. Not only did galeon not run, but I haven't been
able to make any version of linux netscape work with Linux base 7.
Settled for a natively compiled Mozilla binary instead.

-- 
Nimrod.



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