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Re: something wierd with changing Mail application -- Linux Only.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Cattey)
Thu May 24 12:18:34 2001
Message-ID: <Qv3HF9lz00018HTKpz@mit.edu>
Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 16:18:17 +0000 ()
From: Bill Cattey <wdc@MIT.EDU>
To: Greg Hudson <ghudson@MIT.EDU>
CC: testers@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <200105241534.LAA08805@egyptian-gods.MIT.EDU>
Excerpts from mail: 24-May-101 Re: something wierd with ch.. Greg
Hudson@MIT.EDU (335)
> My guess is that Andrew messages is compiled with an older version of
> the X library and it crashes when run under xalf.
How many other programs are bit by this?
The Andrew stuff, as I'm sure you remember, we run binary-only because
we didn't want to take the time to learn how to get it to build
ourselves.
Excerpts from mail: 24-May-101 Re: something wierd with ch.. Greg
Hudson@MIT.EDU (335)
> I think your only workaround is to turn off xalf integration in gnome.
> Run "xalf-capplet" and turn it off in there.
Is there finer granularity than this? Other people than Bill Cattey are
gonna be hurt by the 'you tried to make a short cut to a binary you
can't recompile; you have to disable xalf everywhere because it doesn't
play well with old programs' bug.
-wdc
