Subject: Re: emul compat pages?
To: None <david@fundy.ca>
From: Yuji Yamano <yyamano@kt.rim.or.jp>
List: netbsd-advocacy
Date: 09/15/2000 21:26:14
Sorry for the delay. I'm back to home now. :-)
David Maxwell <david@fundy.ca> writes:
> Before adding these, I'd like to know why they fail - is it
>
> limitations in the installer
> missing syscalls
> missing /proc entries
> ...
>
> Documenting any compatibility the apps want that is not provided now
> will help show where more support can be added.
- Shade for Linux Preview Kit
RedHat Linux is required. He tried to run it with SuSe and copied
missing libraries from RedHat, but segmentation fault at the runtime.
- Wnn6 Ver.3 for Linux (Japanese input method)
Can't open symlink file. He investigated it with ktrace, but
he couldn't get the answer.
- eWnn for Linux (Japanese/English translator)
Mule 2.3(based on GNU Emacs 19) is required. He tried to build it from
the source code, but SIGSEGV was caught while running temacs.
- Honyaku-Damasi (Japanese/English translator)
Installation is okay, but doesn't work by unknown reason.
- Oracle for Linux
Segmentation fault at the installation time.
- Ichitaro ARK for Java (Japanese word processor)
Java Runtime Environment is required. He tried to use Java Software
Development Kit, Standard Edition v1.2.2 Release Candidate 2 for
Linux, but demo aplet doesn't work and CPU is 100 %.
- ApplixWare
Segmentation fault at the installation time.
- Objctivity
Core dumped when making sample database schema with `oonewfd' command.
I'll investigate it later.
--
Yuji Yamano