Subject: Re: offtopic: goal: to run netscape
To: None <kbethke@ezy.net>
From: Todd Vierling <tv@pobox.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 09/30/1998 14:45:38
On Wed, 30 Sep 1998 kbethke@ezy.net wrote:

: Since source-code is available, a port should be pretty easy.

"Mozilla Is Not Netscape".  :>  The Mozilla code-base is missing some things
in the Netscape code-base (including, in many cases, reliability of both
Netscape's code and Motif's).

In general, the SunOS netscape binary seems to run better, but yes, it does
have a problem with file requesters.  The SunOS binary does have the bonus
of only needing three SunOS files to run
(/emul/sunos/usr/lib/{ld.so,libc.so.1.9,libdl.so.1.0}).

You _can_ run the Solaris binary, but not with 2.6 or higher libraries.
However, christos or someone alluded to improving the SVR4 emulation, and I
might be able to help personally later on.

-- 
-- Todd Vierling (Personal tv@pobox.com; Bus. todd_vierling@xn.xerox.com)