Problems with libz since libz.so.5 is gone...

[Dan Nelson]

In the last episode (Jan 26), Pierre-Luc Drouin said:
> so various ports, in particular the java ports, are giving me headaches
> since /lib/libz.so.5 was replaced by /lib/libz.so.6.  I managed to update
> most of my ports, but the binary java ports, such as diablo-jdk16, are now
> installing broken binary files.  Even if I put an entry such as
> 
> libz.so.4 libz.so.6
> 
> in /etc/libmap.conf

libmap (or symlinking) only works for libraries that have a compatible ABI. 
The version number of libz was bumped precisely because the ABI changed :)

Install the misc/compat8x port to get libz.so.5 back until you can replace
diablo-jdk16 with openjdk6.

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	Dan Nelson
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