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Date:      Fri, 29 Aug 2003 22:52:24 -0400
From:      Andrew J Caines <A.J.Caines@halplant.com>
To:        FreeBSD ports <FreeBSD-Ports@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD Port: ymessenger-0.99.19.1,20020902; broken on 5.1-RELEASE
Message-ID:  <20030830025224.GK366@hal9000.halplant.com>
In-Reply-To: <20030829132539.GA29376@rot13.obsecurity.org>
References:  <200308281702.h7SH2x7E021237@planet.krakow.homeunix.com> <20030828155054.GA39979@i2.informatik.rwth-aachen.de> <20030828162707.GA25670@rot13.obsecurity.org> <20030828220402.GB42216@mail.meowfishies.com> <20030829132539.GA29376@rot13.obsecurity.org>

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Folks,

Kris said...
> Having mixed 4.x/5.x libraries in one binary is just not a recipe for success.

Since the ymessenger port already comes with old libs*, then why not just
package a complete `compat layer' in the port?

FWIW, I recently switched from ymessenger to Gaim due to depleted patience
with the inherent borkage of ymessenger.


* libgtkhtml.so.21, to compensate for the fact that Yahoo! can't be
bothered to maintain an up-to-date working client for anyone who isn't
running MSware or MacOS [or provide sources so we can have a proper port].
Isn't Yahoo! supposed to like FreeBSD?


-Andrew-
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