[18577] in Athena Bugs
Re: linux 8.4.17: netscape
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Aaron M. Ucko)
Sun Dec 3 23:01:51 2000
To: Karl Ramm <kcr@1ts.org>
Cc: bugs@MIT.EDU
From: amu@MIT.EDU (Aaron M. Ucko)
Date: 03 Dec 2000 23:01:36 -0500
In-Reply-To: Karl Ramm's message of "03 Dec 2000 22:39:14 -0500"
Message-Id: <87hf4kq1gf.fsf@mit.edu>
Karl Ramm <kcr@1ts.org> writes:
> Does it actually break? I have to admit I only tried it on an IS linux
> machine. I also find it hard to believe that some doesn't have a
> supported version of Netscape for Redhat 5.2.
Yes; see the thread in bugs starting with [18186] ("Netscape won't start").
Take a look at the following table, where the starred entry is what's
currently installed:
sysname release Netscape's term version
---------------------------------------------------------------
i386_linux22 I/S 8.4/6.2 Linux 2.2 4.76
i386_linux3 SIPB 8.2/5.2 Linux 2.0 (glibc) 4.74
i386_linux2 SIPB 8.0ish/4.2 Linux 2.0 4.76 (*)
i386_linux1 ancient Linux 1.2 4.7
As you see, the only libc6 binary that works on both supported
platforms is two minor versions out of date, so installing it would
make people who run Netscape on Linux and other platforms see way too
many license-agreement dialog boxes. :-/
> It's not entirely unreasonable to think the IS might want to have multiple
> version of netscape in the infoagents locker; they could, say, freeze-dry
> the netscape version for older linuces and stop maintaining it for them.
> It's not like they're short of disk space or anything.
The last time this issue came up they were too hosed with other
4.7-related breakage to deal with any changes to layout.
> Really, I'll be happy if this gets fixed for next term, esp. given that
> SIPB is (planning to?) desupport the redhat 5.2-based release at the end of
> IAP.
That would probably not be unreasonable.
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Aaron M. Ucko, KB1CJC <amu@mit.edu> (finger amu@monk.mit.edu)
