Hi again,
mmmmm,,,, I must be speaking in some non eeenglish
language, from what was one reply (posted earlier) to this topic.
Perhaps the subject line ....
AD versus BSD/Free BSD re install of old library's
should have been,
AD versus BSD/Free BSD re install of (Old Software) and their Old Software Library's
Read the following,
"IF" .... We as a group of users under the same roof. Were to "all"
wish to install a much loved older software program into Apple Darwin
from its sources with "older" libarys than Darwin has, but Apple Darwin "might or
could" object to, post install, (of the older software program and its required libraries)
.... simply because of their (the software library's)age (see also early/earlier version)...
Does Apple Darwin allow the install of the older libarys to overwrite
existing newer pre existing libary files, that the Darwin X86 distro
has installed and allows installed software to use. Or does it put
the older libaries in a safe place and direct the software to the
older libraries, that the os itself won't see and won't then get it's
feet tangled up with.
[snip]
[snip]
RE: Other flavours of Darwin, well...it will probably be the same for
them, "if" they stick closely to the Apple Darwin Distro code.
regards,
kelly and group.
ps.. perhaps i'll go back to my childhood days and relearn my years
of Art Of Speech Training. (chuckles) k.
----- Original Message -----
From: email@hidden
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Subject: AD versus BSD/Free BSD re install of old library's
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 23:49:35 -0500
>
> Hi,
> Bit of a curly one, say we want to install an oldie but a
> goldie, for instance perphas we have an old carry over from the
> Linux *nix world that has older library requirements. "Normally"
> where Linux variants are concerned you can run into all sorts of
> hell. Trying to install "old" programs, perhaps long ago support ,
> updates and the software project stopped and was dropped
>
> BSD ... well at least FreeBSD (which Apple Darwin was sort of
> concocted from) treats old software installs that have old
> library(s) requirements in a totally different way. FreeBSD, puts
> the old library(s) files in a not to obo - (that stands for
> obvious)far away place.
BUT
> tells the oldie but goldie software (singarly) where to find it.
>
> Does Apple Darwin stick to this FreeBSD compliance or is it Linux
> like and just install's old over new ?
>
> Also do "all" Darwin Variant flavours do the same aka. GNU Darwin
> and OpenDarwin
>
> Thanks in advance for your help and shared knowledge.
>
> regards,
> kelly and group.
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