asherman@dino.cpe.ulowell.edu (Aaron Sherman) (04/15/91)
I have a Unix-PC (20Mb drive w/ 1Mb ram) that eledges that it is running version 3.0 of the OS. Is this incompatible with the most current release? I have had trouble using the binaries from some of the archives, and had assumed that it was just a problem with my means of file-transfer. Could it be the shared libraries? I've had some trouble using someone elses software from floppies, and for reasons I don't have time to get into I suspect that the difference is in the shared libs. Just some random musings and pleadings... BTW: can I get an upgrade from AT&T, or are they trying to pretend that the UNIX-PC never happened? -AJS -- | asherman@dino.cpe.ulowell.edu or asherman%cpe@ulowell.ulowell.edu or | | {backbone}!ulowell!dino!asherman | | "It's not a bug it's a creature!" -- Me | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
tkacik@kyzyl.mi.org (Tom Tkacik) (04/16/91)
In article <ASHERMAN.91Apr14231552@dino.cpe.ulowell.edu>, asherman@dino.cpe.ulowell.edu (Aaron Sherman) writes: > I have a Unix-PC (20Mb drive w/ 1Mb ram) that eledges that it is running > version 3.0 of the OS. Is this incompatible with the most current > release? I have had trouble using the binaries from some of the > archives, and had assumed that it was just a problem with my means > of file-transfer. > Could it be the shared libraries? Yes, the problem is the shared libraries. They appear to be different between 3.0 and 3.5-3.51. If shared libraries are not used, you should not have any problem. I suppose this means that any binary that someone wants to have placed in the osu archives should be compiled WITHOUT the shared libraries. They will be a little larger, but at least everyone will be able to use them. -- Tom Tkacik | tkacik@kyzyl.mi.org | To rent this space, call 1-800-555-QUIP. ...!rphroy!kyzyl!tkacik |