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Re: Running FreeBSD in linux emulation mode, must glibc be installed too
From: |
Andreas Jaeger |
Subject: |
Re: Running FreeBSD in linux emulation mode, must glibc be installed too ? |
Date: |
Fri, 18 Jan 2002 08:14:19 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.090005 (Oort Gnus v0.05) XEmacs/21.4 (Artificial Intelligence, i386-suse-linux) |
Courtney Thomas <address@hidden> writes:
> Greetings !
>
> I'm trying to install Netscape6.2 on FreeBSD-4.3 using the downloaded
> installer.
>
> I've enabled linux emulation for FreeBSD but the NS6.2 release notes
> indicate that glibc2.1 is required.
>
> My question is: if gcc is installed on FreeBSD, must I also, in this
> instance, also install glibc ? Since I am compiling the kernel, etc., I
> clearly have C compiler functionality. Is glibc redundant regarding gcc,
> part of gcc, gcc enhancing/extending, or what ?
>
> If glibc must be installed, how is avoiding damage to my existing C
> functionality done, or is this a concern ?
I don't know how the FreeBSD emulation works, you better ask the
FreeBSD folks.
Andreas
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