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Date:      Mon, 23 Aug 1999 09:35:10 +0200
From:      Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@scc.nl>
To:        Christopher Masto <chris@netmonger.net>
Cc:        emulation@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ANNOUNCE: Linuxulator on -current now supports RH 6.0
Message-ID:  <37C0F9AE.ABCA2A6B@scc.nl>
References:  <37B6A350.B2DDC02B@scc.nl> <19990821224544.A29421@netmonger.net> <37BFB4FE.FE460851@scc.nl> <19990822152856.A28030@netmonger.net>

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Christopher Masto wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Aug 22, 1999 at 10:29:50AM +0200, Marcel Moolenaar wrote:
> > Christopher Masto wrote:
> >
> > > linux_base installs fine, the stuff in /compat/linux/bin all runs
> > > fine, as does WordPerfect.  StarOffice 5.1 just dumps core (bus
> > > error).  I wiped it out and tried to reinstall.. the setup program
> > > does the same thing.  Any ideas?
> >
> > It may be possible that SO 5.1 doesn't work with glibc2.1. This kind of
> > information can best be found on the stardivision and/or redhat sites. If
> > you find anything, let us know. If I had any time left, I would have looked
> > it up myself...
> 
> I looked at that last night and they say specifically that 5.1 does
> work.. 5.0 did not.

Ok, but do they say anything about RH 6.0? RH 5.2 (possibly also RH 5.1)
uses glibc2, whereas RH 6.0 uses glibc2.1. I know numerous applications
fail if run with glibc2.1 even though they work fine with glibc2 (fail on
RH 6.0 when they work on RH 5.2)...

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Marcel Moolenaar                                  mailto:marcel@scc.nl
SCC Internetworking & Databases                     http://www.scc.nl/
Amsterdam, The Netherlands                         tel: +31 20 4200655


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