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   Message 819 of 2,396   
   Wilfred van Velzen to Paul Quinn   
   Re: Linux beta   
   09 Aug 17 10:27:32   
   
   Hi Paul,   
      
   On 2017-08-09 18:09:11, you wrote to me:   
      
    WvV>> At least it didn't crash right away! ;)   
      
    PQ> You're sick & twisted, just like me.  I was expecting the same thing. :)   
      
   Part of your job as a software developper is imagining what can go wrong and   
   adapt your code to it. So being a pesimist makes you a good developper. ;)   
      
    PQ>>> More on this later, once I get out of bed.  :)   
      
    WvV>> I'll stay tuned...   
      
    PQ> No improvement.  I took the binaries to my test vBox, did a 'blind'   
   install   
    PQ> of the libc.so.6 package available for Puppy (i.e. not knowing if it was   
    PQ> already installed).  Then rebooted (eek! it's second reboot in a year!).   
    PQ> Re-ran "./fmail[Enter]" and this time got two error lines. The first error   
    PQ> referred to libc.so.6 as being from GLIBC 2.7 and then the second error as   
    PQ> for the first, above.   
      
    PQ> I suspect a glitch in your 64-bit configs but take that with a grain of   
    PQ> salt, as I am not even a 'novice' in such things.  I'm hanging out for a   
    PQ> makefile solution, for a local build.  I've already been working on   
    PQ> solutions for my predicament since March last year.  I can wait.  :)   
      
   I'll try building a statically linked binary again first. Maybe just ftools as   
   that would be more simple as a test case...   
      
    PQ> I may try another vBox of a more modern OS but that be months away...   
      
   That would be better! ;)   
      
   Bye, Wilfred.   
      
   --- FMail-lnx64 2.1.0.17-B20170711   
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