From owner-freebsd-stable Tue May 18 10:50:21 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from bogslab.ucdavis.edu (bogslab.ucdavis.edu [169.237.68.34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5857A14D1A for ; Tue, 18 May 1999 10:50:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from greg@bogslab.ucdavis.edu) Received: from deal1.bogs.org (deal1.bogs.org [198.137.203.51]) by bogslab.ucdavis.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA09173 for ; Tue, 18 May 1999 10:50:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from deal1.bogs.org (LOCALHOST [127.0.0.1]) by deal1.bogs.org (8.8.8/8.6.12) with ESMTP id KAA12909 for ; Tue, 18 May 1999 10:50:15 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199905181750.KAA12909@deal1.bogs.org> To: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Couldn't open /usr/libexec/ld.so. In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 18 May 1999 13:25:09 EDT." <000701bea153$61030d20$160e6f12@lcs.mit.edu> Reply-To: gkshenaut@ucdavis.edu Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 10:50:15 -0700 From: Greg Shenaut Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <000701bea153$61030d20$160e6f12@lcs.mit.edu>, "Benjamin Greenwald" cleopede: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org >> [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of The Hermit Hacker >> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 1999 1:14 PM >> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org >> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org >> Subject: Couldn't open /usr/libexec/ld.so. >> >> >> >> Just installed 3.2-RELEASE from scratch, have only had time so far to >> install a new kernel onto her, and just installed netscape from ports: >> >> atelier# /usr/local/netscape-4.51/netscape >> Couldn't open /usr/libexec/ld.so. > >The netscape binary is a.out format. You need to install the FreeBSD a.out >compat libraries and dynamic linker/loader as well as the a.out versions of >the X libraries. Isn't this sort of dependency supposed to be handled automagically? -Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message