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From: brian@shift.lan.awfulhak.org (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: X and 2.2. upgrade problem?
Date: 24 Mar 1997 16:51:35 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <3332A511.41C8@javanet.com.nospam>,
John Szumowski <harpo@javanet.com.nospam> writes:
> I recently upgraded to 2.2 (via cvsup and a "make world"). However, X
> refuses to start (via startx) and spews out this message: "ld.so failed:
> Can't find shared library "libgnumalloc.so.2.0" " I assume this 2.0 has
> been replaced with 3.0? Do I need to upgrade my entire X install? If so,
> what is the best course of action?
> thanks!
> -John Szumowski (to reply, remove the "nospam" suffix on my email
> address)
libgnumalloc is gone now. If you still want to use binaries that
think they depend on it, create an empty lib (the symbols will get
resolved by libc).
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !