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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!werple.apana.org.au!otis.apana.org.au!serval.net.wsu.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!oracle.pnl.gov!osi-east2.es.net!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!news.alpha.net!news.mathworks.com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!library.ucla.edu!psgrain!rainrgnews0!news.teleport.com!news.teleport.com!not-for-mail From: bmk@teleport.com (bmk) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.0 ALPHA install Date: 21 Nov 1994 23:03:36 -0800 Organization: Department of Redundancy Department Lines: 42 Message-ID: <3as548$7e4@linda.teleport.com> References: <3ao7pu$g29@linda.teleport.com> Reply-To: bmk@teleport.com NNTP-Posting-Host: linda.teleport.com I decided to follow up on these questions with a little experimentation: In article <3ao7pu$g29@linda.teleport.com>, bmk <bmk@teleport.com> wrote: >I've recently started upgrading my system from 1.1.5.1 to 2.0 ALPHA. >I do have a few questions that I need answers to before I do the final >cutover: > >* I believe that I can use packages from 1.x if I install the >compat1xdist. Is this true? Sure looks that way. So far no problems. >* How about X packages that were compiled for Xfree 2.1? Ditto. >* Does the xview32 package work with X11R6? (I had problems with some >of the supplied tools [shelltool, ftptool, etc] when I installed this >on 1.1.5.1 running xview32.) If the binary package won't work, is there >a working port? Seems to work also. >* When compiling source packages I now often get [Conflicting types for >'sys_errlist'] errors. These same source packages worked great under >1.1.5.1. What's changed, and how can I work around it? This is still a major problem. Has anyone else seen this, and how can I fix it? Another problem that I've had that I can't seem to work through is that C News gets a bus error and dumps core just prior to checking whether or not there's space available to post articles. I compiled C news using the same source tree as the one I was using under 1.1.5.1, after doing a make clean (of course). Since I know now that my old 1.1.5.1 binaries should work, I'm going to restore them from tape and try them. I'd rather get a good clean compile, but that's life, eh? -- bmk@dtr.com | WWW: http://www.teleport.com/~bmk/ Portland, OR | http://www.teleport.com/~bmk/patriot.html