On Tue, 2 Jan 2001, Christoph Leuzinger wrote:

> Am 2 Jan 2001, um 9:38 hat Frederick Bruckman geschrieben:
>
> > You can use the old a.out binaries, with some effort. Most folks who
> > commented on the process said it was just easier to upgrade all their
> > packages ASAP, though...
>
> That's what I now did as well. So, as it works now, I think, that's the
> best solution anyway.
>
> > The format of /etc/ld.so.conf changed, too, so it
> > probably won't do any good to to enter /usr/pkg/lib there. Try moving
> > libjpeg.so.62.0 to /emul/aout/usr/lib/, after creating that directory.
>
> Unfortunately, it seems that this wouldn't work.

For what it's worth, I upgraded all my packages while running under
a.out gnome, with /emul/aout/usr/{,pkg/,X11R6/}/lib fully populated,
but similar success seems to elude many.

-- 

Frederick