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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

> Zgv for delilinux requires the Slackware 7.1 glibc-solibs 2.1.3 (whatever
> the exact name is, it is about 1.3M, or you can use the SW8.1
> glibc-solibs instead, which lets you use some other precompiled programs
> such as xpdf) and also several other libraries, all found in elflibs.tgz.
> libvgagl.so.1     52K
> libvga.so.1      275K
> libjpeg.so.6.2   127K
> libpng.so.2      170K
> libtiff.so.3     180K
> libz.so.1q        62K
> (and the usual libraries from glibc).
>
> elflibs.tgz contains many other libraries that you don't need such as
> libslang and librle and libreadline, but they are not all that large and
> might be useful later.
>
> Links2 from delilinux needs the SW7.1 glibc so package and the above
> libraries, so if you are going to install zgv from delilinux it is not
> much extra time and space to get and install links2 from delilinux.
>
> Is there also a zgv compiled for BL3 which does not need the SW71 glibc?

I ran across a libc5 zgv for redhat.  Is there an rpm to tgz convertor for 
Slackware 4.0/BL3?  Or would David or someone want to compile a STATIC zgv 
(including all the image libraries but not libc or libm) for use with BL3 
on computers with low RAM or problems with X?  And/or a links2 for libc5 
that works with svgalib instead of or in addition to X?

Dosemu might work with DOS viewers like pictview on the Compaq that does 
not do Xvesa.  It is a bit confusing at first, and you need to add bash 
before installing, and pick the correct version.  (I can look up what we 
used).

I should repeat here that our later 486 Compaq does NOT work with zgv or 
seejpeg or links2 in svgalib mode.  But I think the earlier one does.

Sindi