NetBSD Problem Report #55391
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From: jmcneill@invisible.ca
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Subject: Netscape 4.79 doesn't run under COMPAT_LINUX32
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>Number: 55391
>Category: kern
>Synopsis: Netscape 4.79 doesn't run under COMPAT_LINUX32
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: kern-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Tue Jun 16 10:55:00 +0000 2020
>Originator: Jared McNeill
>Release: 9.0_STABLE
>Organization:
>Environment:
NetBSD session.invisible.ca 9.0_STABLE NetBSD 9.0_STABLE (GENERIC) #0: Sat Jun 13 05:56:44 UTC 2020 mkrepro@mkrepro.NetBSD.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC amd64
>Description:
Trying to start Netscape Communicator 4.79 on NetBSD 9 crashes immediately:
session$ /opt/netscape/netscape
Illegal instruction (core dumped)
>How-To-Repeat:
- Install the following packages from pkgsrc:
- emulators/suse131_32_x11
- emulators/suse131_32_compat
- Fetch and extract the Netscape distribution: https://ftp.nluug.nl/netscape/communicator/english/4.79/unix/supported/linux22/complete_install/communicator-v479-us.x86-unknown-linux2.2.tar.gz
- Edit the ns-install script and change all references of /bin/uname to /usr/bin/uname
- Run ./ns-install
- Run netscape
>Fix:
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