Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 16:43:05 -0500 From: chuck@fang.cs.sunyit.edu To: Bill/Carolyn Pechter <pechter@shell.monmouth.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linux Netscape 2.0b6a? Message-ID: <199601302143.QAA20522@fang.cs.sunyit.edu> In-Reply-To: Bill/Carolyn Pechter <pechter@shell.monmouth.com> "Re: Linux Netscape 2.0b6a?" (Jan 30, 12:58pm)
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On Jan 30, 12:58pm, Bill/Carolyn Pechter wrote: } Subject: Re: Linux Netscape 2.0b6a? } > } > On Tue, 30 Jan 1996, Peter Wemm wrote: } > } > > I know the BSDI version of 2.0b6a works fine for me, but it doesn't have } > > Java support in it. } > } > Does somebody know, why those people at mcom deceided not to include } > Java support into the BSDI binary ? } > } > Could it be the case that they have compilation trouble or such ? } > Perhaps they should go and get a FreeBSD system ;-) } > } } It's probably due to ny system threads -- they don't do it in AIX 2.0b6 either } 8-(... } } (And AIX 4.1.x has threads) } According to the bsdi BOF at USENIX it had something to do with not having dlopen, dlsym, dlerror, and dlclose. Of course if netscape wrote the next version of their webbrowser for BSD/OS 2.1 there would mean no more FreeBSD support... } Bill }-- End of excerpt from Bill/Carolyn Pechter -- Charles Green, PRC Inc. UN*X System Administration 22 Powell Ave. Apt. B UN*X Security & Whitesboro, NY 13492 Programming
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