Bug#2097: Problem building dvips

[jdassen@wi.leidenuniv.nl (J.H.M.Dassen)]

> But the more fundamental problem is that these sources seem to be looking for
> the new version of the C libraries:
>     ed: can't load library 'libc.so.5'
> whereas the stock 0.93R6 distribution includes only libc.so.4.

Susan, could it be that you perhaps installed an ELF /bin/ed?
Can you check with either 'file' or 'ldd' please?

Greetings,
Ray
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