Re: Frontpage and Debian (SOLVED!)

[Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net>]

On Tue, 8 Apr 1997, Steffen R. Mueller wrote:

> Thus spake Adam Shand (larry@earthlight.co.nz):
> 
> > Hi.
> 
> Hi Adam,
> 
> > 
> > Sorry for the follow-up post so soon after.  I managed to find a copy of
> > the old libg++ 2.7.1 that I needed on the September 1996 Infomagic CD.
> > 
> > For anyone interested if you want the FP97 extensions to work with Debian
> > linux all you need to do is is *downgrade* libg++ to version 2.7.1 and it
> > all becomes easy.  If anyone needs help I'll be happy to provide what help
> > I can.
> 
> Was it really necessary to downgrade the complete system ? I wonder if it is
> possible to use the LD_PRELOAD feature like the one used by the netscape
> installer package.
> 
One way to deal with this would be to downgrade to the old library, then
copy the installed libraries, by hand, into /usr/local/lib. You can then
upgrade back to the current libraries and everything should work without
the need for the LD_PRELOAD.

Luck,

Dwarf
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