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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!news.dell.com!natinst.com!hrd769.brooks.af.mil!hrd769.brooks.af.mil!not-for-mail From: burgess@hrd769.brooks.af.mil (Dave Burgess) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: compat??? Date: 17 Aug 1993 09:02:35 -0500 Organization: Armstrong Laboratory, Brooks AFB, TX Lines: 29 Message-ID: <24qoe9$s9j@hrd769.brooks.af.mil> References: <1993Aug17.130039.2890@cvi.ns.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: hrd769.brooks.af.mil In article <1993Aug17.130039.2890@cvi.ns.nl> arie@cvi.ns.nl (Arie Kraai) writes: >Being new to the 386BSD community (yet not even completely in...), I faced >a complaint about a missing libcompat.a too often. >Compiling the thing in isode doesn't seem too work out; has anyone got a >working copy available? > >BTW, are there any FAQ's aged less then about a year?? > >Thanks in advance!! > 1) Libcompat is fixed in NetBSD, and is also fixed in the patchkit. As I recall, I fixed this by linking libcompat to one of the smaller libs and letting the routines that are in libc.a get pulled in. 2) Do you mean other than the one from last Friday that is available by anonymous FTP from HRD769.brooks.af.mil:~/pub/FAQ? 3) Thanking someone in advance for something they haven't done yet is considered rude in some societies. It implies a that the recipient is obligated to perform a task that they have not, in fact, agreed to do. It is not a big problem for me, but I know many people that are really annoyed by this nit. -- ------ TSgt Dave Burgess NCOIC AL/Management Information Systems Office Brooks AFB, TX