[3307] in SIPB bug reports
xscreensaver and xrn linked with x11r5 shared libs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Calvin Clark)
Thu Nov 19 13:50:55 1992
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 13:50:23 -0500
From: Calvin Clark <ckclark@mit.edu>
To: bug-sipb@Athena.MIT.EDU
Cc: probe@Athena.MIT.EDU
Reply-To: ckclark@mit.edu
A few users complained because xrn and xscreensaver were unavailable for
sometime today on the RS/6000s: the programs were linked the shared
libraries in the x11r5 locker, which were unavailable because pollux was
down.
I have told these users that they can use xrn an a non-RS/6000
workstation, or use rn on the RS/6000, or get real work done. I don't
think this is a big problem, but maybe programs in the sipb locker
should not depend on non-local shared libraries, especially ones in
non-replicated AFS volumes.
Also, I believe that I heard from probe that binaries linked with
shared libraries on the RS/6000 will not run on AIX 3.2 if and when that
move is made. (Verify, Richard?) This should also be kept in mind.
Calvin
