Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 09:46:27 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: paul beard <paulbeard@mac.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ghostview missing libc.so.4? Message-ID: <20031228094627.GB62584@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <C2B65945-38FF-11D8-98AE-000A95BBCCF8@mac.com> References: <3FEE5975.7060104@wiegand.org> <C258F32C-38F0-11D8-98AE-000A95BBCCF8@mac.com> <3FEE77BA.4060506@wiegand.org> <C2B65945-38FF-11D8-98AE-000A95BBCCF8@mac.com>
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--dc+cDN39EJAMEtIO Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Dec 27, 2003 at 10:33:34PM -0800, paul beard wrote: >=20 > On Dec 27, 2003, at 10:27 PM, Chip Wiegand wrote: >=20 > >Mine has libc.so.5. No wonder the app is failing, it specifically=20 > >wants .4 and is too dumb to work with anything newer. I'm getting real= =20 > >frustrated with this again, I'd like to move away from MS but it's not= =20 > >easy to do when the apps I need don't even work properly. >=20 > You could fake it out with a symlink, but the Real Solution may be to=20 > rebuild whatever that file is part of, which I assume means a=20 > buildworld. No -- don't do that. Shlib version numbers are changed for a reason. Instead either install the misc/compat4x port or else set COMPAT4X=3Dyes in /etc/make.conf and rebuild your world. This will let you run apps compiled for 4.x on a 5.x system. =20 > I'm only running 4.9: I assume you're on 5.x if you have a higher file=20 > number? Yes -- for libc the shlib version number is the same as the major version number of the OS. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --dc+cDN39EJAMEtIO Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/7qZzdtESqEQa7a0RAsb2AJ9uHz/M99bmNyUxM+au/2PkF4jvHACeMlax SuiaYyYcuBCki793+UaYSlk= =UpXV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --dc+cDN39EJAMEtIO--
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