On Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 10:27:27AM -0500, Robert Huff wrote: > Sergio Lenzi writes: > > > > > However, the 4.x binaries want to find libc.so.3, which > > > > doesn't seem to be anywhere around. > > > > > > > > Anyone know the trick to getting this to work? > > > > > > /usr/ports/misc/compat4x ? > > > > or as a workaround > > add in the /etc/libmap.conf > > > > libc.so.3 libc.so > > libm.so.3 libm.so > > > > ...... > > that is every shared library it complains add it to > > the /etc/libmap.conf > > That can work. > On the other hand, there's no guarantee the ABI - never mind > the internal operation - of any function will remain constant across > a major version bump. (As far as I know.)
In fact in FreeBSD a version bump is almost always a guarantee that they are incompatible and you will break some applications by doing this. Kris
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