Re: netscape 4.6

[Al Hudson <nospam [at] york.ac.uk>]

On Sat, 5 Jun 1999, Richard wrote:

> > dear Richard.
> > I'm going to down load Netscape 4.6 to upgrade my 4.5 version.
> > I'm running SusE 6.1 ..I've looked at Netscapes download page. which
> > Linux version should I download to work with this systemn Linux12-
> > linux20- Linux20 libc5. and is there anything I should be aware of in
> > the process
> > regards Bob Fallis
> erm... not sure which one to use. Ralph Clarke might know more ?
> Netscape 4.6 should work fine. Shouldn't be any problems.

Is Bob referring to the pre-compilied binaries? The linux12 binary I would
suggest is for linux 1.2.x, so SuSE will want one of the linux20 packages
(SuSE 6.1 is 2.2.5-ish I believe?). Either of the linux20 packages should
work _theoretically_, but libc5 glibc are not good bedfellows -
probably the best one to go for is the standard linux20 version (not
libc5), since you should be running glibc with a 2.2.x kernel. (Note this
is all off the top of my head, I could be completely wrong ;)

I would be interested to know how you get on with NS4.6. I use NS4.5 on a
regular basis, and it crashes constantly. core dumps all over the place.
Mozilla M6 (the latest version of the 'free' netscape) is supposed to be
reasonably stable also - I keep meaning to have a look at it.

Cheers,

Alex Hudson.

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