Ports/Package dilema

[Giorgos Keramidas]

On 2006-01-09 12:40, Tuc at T-B-O-H <ml at t-b-o-h.net> wrote:
> > On 2006-01-09 12:06, Tuc at T-B-O-H <ml at t-b-o-h.net> wrote:
> > > Hi, (FBSD 5.4-RELEASE)
> > >
> > > I'm trying to install CVSUP on a machine with VERY LIMITED disk
> > > space. Trying to build it out of ports won't happen, ezm3 is just TOO
> > > TOO big. So I decided to try to install it as a package. Now I get :
> > >
> > > /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libm.so.4" not found, required by "m3build"
> >
> > You can solve this by installing the pre-built packages for
> > compatibility libraries:
> >
> >     ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/packages/misc/compat4x-i386-5.3_4.tbz
> >     ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/packages/misc/compat5x-i386-5.4.0.8_2.tbz
> >
> > Then you don't have to compile anything from source.
> >
> 	I have compat4x installed already, but not 5x. Should I load 5x on
> a 5.4-REL system??

Sorry for the confusion.  I replied too fast.  Now that I've checked the
versions of libm.so in 5.X, 6.X and CURRENT I see that they have:

	5.X		libm.so.3
	6.X		libm.so.4
	7.X		libm.so.4

so you are probably trying to install a package that was compiled for
6.X on a 5.X system.  Don't do that.  It's not going to work reliably.
Use packages that have been compiled for 5.X instead.