Subject: Re: location of /compat/osf1 in 1.4.2
To: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
From: Simon Burge <simonb@wasabisystems.com>
List: port-alpha
Date: 09/29/2000 11:29:00
David Brownlee wrote:

> On Thu, 28 Sep 2000 jkunz@unixag-kl.fh-kl.de wrote:
> 
> > Have a look at
> > http://www.support.compaq.com/alpha-tools/software/index.html 
> > The Netscape RPM contains a minimal set of shared librarys from Tru64. 
> > ftp://ftp.support.compaq.com/private/alpha-tools-software/netscape/netscape-4.7-3.alp
ha.rpm
> > Get it convert it with rpm2cpio to a usable/portable archive format and
> > extract the files you need. 
> 
> 	Would anyone be interested in putting together an osf1_compat (or
> 	tru64_compat) package for pkgsrc based on the above?
> 	emulators/suse_compat is already based on linux rpms so would
> 	probably make a useful reference...

I had a quick look at the above, and it's libraries _plus_
netscape.  It'd be nice if they had just the libraries as a
separate rpm/tar/whatever...

Simon.
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