Glibc2.1 and *LyX* (WAS Re: Glibc2.1 and Netscape)

[Mike James <mwjames@magibox.net>]

Hi, everyone--

On 26-May-99 at 10:56 PM -0500 Derek posted instructions for getting
Netscape to run using old libraries under glibc2.1 (debian and pre-R5).
(Derek's full message attached at end of this message.)

Netscape now works in the current debian-powerpc! It's nice.

The only other application I've missed while running debian (I haven't
tried pre-R5) is LyX, which doesn't run because of its dependence on
XForms. AFAIK, XForms for glibc2.1 is still not available. (If I'm wrong,
please tell me.)

Q: Why not use Derek and Mark's Netscape workaround to run LyX
   under Debian/pre-R5, too?

A: I tried their workaround with my LinuxPPC R4-built LyX, and it
   works! I haven't hit any gotchas with Netscape or LyX running
   under debian yet.

Just thought I'd share my excitement.  ;-)


Mike

---( forwarded message follows )-----------------------------

Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 23:56:12 -0400
From: Derek Lichter <ddl@netris.org>
To: linuxppc-user@lists.linuxppc.org
Cc: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Glibc2.1 and Netscape

> On Wed, May 26, 1999 at 07:59:16PM -0400, Deirdre Saoirse wrote:
> > Paul Mackerras pointed out to me yesterday why my netscape wasn't
>working:
> > Glibc2.1, which is incompatible with the version used to compile
>Netscape.
> >
> > Two points:
> >
> > a) does anyone know if and/or when a newer version of Netscape will be
>out
> > that we CAN run?
> >
> > b) a workaround occurred to me later: good old ssh and X. I now ssh
>into a
> > coworker's box (x86 linux in this case) and run Netscape there. The
> > display is automagically forwarded (encrypted) to my machine. :)
>
> With a ton of help from my housemate Mark (mhw@netris.org), I worked
>around
> this problem by pointing netscape to use old libraries at runtime.
>Here're
> the basic steps we took:
>
> - pulled old shared libraries from the following redhat rpms in
>   ftp://ftp.linuxppc.org/linuxppc-R4/RedHat/RPMS:
>      X11R6.3-libs-01-1r.ppc.rpm
>      glibc-0.961212-1h.ppc.rpm
>      xpm-3.4j-1b.ppc.rpm
>      libg++-2.8.1.980306-1c.ppc.rpm
>
> - dumped them into a newly-created directory, /usr/lib/netscape/base-4/old
>
> - in this directory, edited ld.so.1 to change the library path string:
>
>   % perl -pe 's/LD_LIBRARY_PATH/LD_LIBRARY_PAT1/' ld.so.1 > ld.so.1.new
>   % mv ld.so.1 ld.so.1.OLD
>   % mv ld.so.1.new ld.so.1
>
> - moved the netscape 4.08 binary (which i have installed in
>   /usr/local/bin) to netscape-exec
>
> - created a wrapper script as /usr/local/bin/netscape; its contents:
>
>   #!/bin/sh
>
>   LIBDIR=/usr/lib/netscape/base-4/old
>
>   LD_LIBRARY_PAT1=${LIBDIR} exec ${LIBDIR}/ld.so.1 \
>   /usr/local/bin/netscape-exec "$@"
>
> This works well enough (until I can get mozilla built, i guess)...
> hopefully I haven't left any steps out.  (I should also note that
> I'm running debian, not redhat; I've crossposted to the debian-powerpc
> list in case it's useful there, too.)
>
> -d.d-

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Mike James <mwjames@magibox.net>
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