>Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 21:15:22 -0600
>From: Bruce Burden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: 4.2-stable, ports/packages in XF86 4.0.2
>
>> 2.  The Netscape Communicator 4.76 package (from CD 1 of
>> the 4.2 set) will not install, complaining about the lack
>> of a.out X libraries.  The "previous" installation of
>> Netscape would not start, leaving a log message of not
>> being able to find ld.so.6 (iirc).
>>
>       I find that I need to add:
>
>               export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${LD_LIBRARY_PATH_AOUT}
>
>   to get Netscape to install and run. Since Netscape is still in
>   the a.out time frame, I can see why it doesn't look for
>   LD_LIBRARY_PATH_AOUT. Still, an ELF format Netscape would be nice...

Well, things work ok (for Netscape :) with XFree 3.3.6...
Both installing & running.  Also, XFree86 4.0.2 appears to
have/install a.out libraries... (?)

But this still sounds like Yet Another Reason to ditch Netwcape...

>> /etc/make.conf has XFREE86_VERSION=4 defined.
>>
>       This simply causes /usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4 directory and
>   dependencies to be cleaned. Otherwise, /usr/ports/x11/XFree86
>   (currently 3.3.6) is being cleaned. 
>> 
>> Ideas?  These start looking like port/package problems...  (?)
>>
>       Did you install XFree86-4.0.2 from the package or the 
>   ports collection? I get compile errors with pthread and Xthreads
>   when I attempt to install in from the ports collection, which
>   makes it rather difficult to install...

I installed from the precompiled binaries from xfree86.org.
Alas, I've so far found almost *no* FreeBSD documentation
wrt XFree86-4...  :-/

-kc


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