Bug#233867: acknowledged by developer (Re: Bug#233867: "Provides: xlib6g" needed in 4.3.0)
On Fri, 20 Feb 2004, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 02:35:41PM +0200, Martin-=EF=BF=BDric Racine wrote:
> > Package: xlib6g
> > Version: 4.2.1-3
> > Severity: normal
> >=20
> > I have an old Netscape 4.77 dating back from Potato that I absolutely
> > need to access certain sites that refuse to work with Mozilla or even
> > Opera. Unfortunately, it is dependant upon xlib6g, which seems to be
> > absent in XFree86 4.3.0.=20
> >=20
> > Luckily, I recall reading somewhere that it should be possible to
> > generate xlib6g if needed (it simply was omitted from the Debian
> > release because almost nothing depends upon it nowadays, IIRC), but I
> > do not remember what to enable in the building scripts to get the
> > required xlib6g_<version>_<arch>.deb archive. Could you please tell
> > me? Thanks!
> >=20
> > Alternately, if some existing 4.3.0 packages are supposed to
> > "Provides: xlib6g, libxaw6" this might work. If this is possible,
> > could you tell me which packages to install? Thanks!
>
> I am sorry, but the xlib6g package name is was deprecated in the woody
> release and will be entirely absent in sarge.
>
> You may be able to rectify your problem, however, by using the "equivs"
> package:
I know about equivs. This however doesn't tell me the name of the XFree86 4.3.0
package providing an equivalent to this lib.
> Incidentally, Konqueror, the KDE browser, has a feature that allows you
> to customize the User-Agent string supplied on a per-site basis.
Many other browsers do also, but this doesn't fix that broken website. Trust me,
I already tried everythingand KNOW for fact that I MUST use that old Netscape to
access that particular site. I therefore need xlib6g and libxaw6 equivalents in
XFree86 4.3.0 and would appreciate you telling me which packages provide these
functionalities noawadays. :)
--
Martin-Éric Racine, ICT Consultant
http://www.pp.fishpool.fi/~q-funk/
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