[2459] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: libc5 compatability
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Aaron M. Ucko)
Tue Feb 2 23:35:51 1999
To: Erik Nygren <nygren@MIT.EDU>
Cc: linux-dev@MIT.EDU
From: amu@MIT.EDU (Aaron M. Ucko)
Date: 02 Feb 1999 23:35:34 -0500
In-Reply-To: Erik Nygren's message of "Tue, 02 Feb 1999 23:30:42 EST"
Erik Nygren <nygren@MIT.EDU> writes:
> Rather than fully fixing libc5 compatability, we may just want to
> get binaries built of the things that actually matter.
> I've rebuilt xv. The other big one that needs it is perl.
> Could someone with clue and bits rebuild that?
Good point; that really wants to happen anyway.
>
> What else major needs rebuilding to work? We should probably test out
> the major commercial apps (Matlab, Xess, etc).
Matlab and xess are fine except for the Perl zombies the wrapper
seems to leave behind.
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Aaron M. Ucko, KB1CJC <amu@mit.edu> (finger amu@monk.mit.edu)
