[ale] Debian 2 + Netscape 4.x

[vaidhy at wwdg.com]

Netscape do have a glibc(==libc6) based suite. I have been using it. Other than some rare problems, it has been so far pretty stable. I just used the installer that came with netscape.

Hope that helps,
Vaidhy

> On Wed, 5 Aug 1998, Dave Brooks wrote:
> Ive been running debian 2 and netscape 4.x w/o a problem since beta.
> Did you use the netscape installer or download the debian installer and
> use it? I think netscape has libc6 versions out
> 
> > ale-
> > 
> > Netscape 4.x was built against libc5, and this presents a problem when
> > working with glibc2 systems, i.e., in this case, Debian 2.  When I start it,
> > it complains about libg++.so.27 and some others (all libc5 libraries), and
> > when I satisfy those with sym links, etc, it seg. faults.
> > 
> > Has anyone else had any luck running Netscape 4.x on Debian?
> > 
> > --
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