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  • From: 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [BL] BL3
  • Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 09:48:42 +1300

Sindi Keesan wrote:
>
> I have downloaded slackware 3.5 /n4/ppp.tgz which puts both
> pppd-2.2 and pppd-2.3 in /usr/sbin. Do I need to make a symlink
> pppd pointing to the one of these that matches the kernel I am
> using

Yes. Or you can simply rename it to pppd.

> or, as in the case of the modules, will the program choose the
> correct pppd for the kernel?

No. That only applies to kernel modules (when they are placed
in the correctly numbered directory).

> This relates to using the BL1 (glibc5) libraries with the BL2
> (2.2.16) kernel, which won't work with the older pppd that comes
> with BL1

The old pppd was compiled for a 2.0 kernel.

> or with the SW3.x ppp.o and slhc.o modules.

Those are modules for a 2.0.34 kernel.

> I am trying to test whether lynx compiled statically (no library
> dependencies) will work with the older library.

If it is truly static, then the older library should be irrelevant.
The old kernel is more likely to be the problem.

Cheers,
Steven





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