From: Greg Ercolano <erco@(email surpressed)>
Subject: Re: Problems with submit scripts after 102.42a6 update
   Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:15:01 -0400
Msg# 1333
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Abraham Schneider wrote:
[posted to rush.general]

Ok, sorry, you're right. Works fine with the newly downloaded version. So we will install this.

Do you think that my browse problem will be solved with this version or is it something completely different?

	That should solve the browse problem.

	It sounds like you had the 6.1 binaries running on redhat9,
	which is just a little too old to run reliably, and was probably
	causing that browse problem.

	64 bit support is new relative to those older distros, so
	the kernel interfaces have had to change a bit to support
	both 32 and 64, that's where a lot of the weirdness has snuck in.

	As the 32/64 bit interfaces have evolved, this will smooth out.

<digression>
	It has definitely been tricky to try to find a path of releasing
	executables that works on as many linux systems as possible,
	without having separate tar distros for each linux release.
	There's so many linux releases now. I've already filled a
	68 CD case with /just/ linux install CDs. Redhat 6.1 all the way
	through Fedora5, some 32bit, some 64bit.

	The problem is, if you go with dynamic executables you run into the
	problem of missing .so files. But if you go with static executables,
	you run into trouble with the library <-> kernel interface.

	In general static compiles run on more platforms (makes larger executables),
	but it doesn't solve all problems, and depending the library interfaces,
	can cause new problems the dynamics don't have.

	The linux distros often don't include .so files for old executables,
	so you're kind of forced to either use static or partially static compiles,
	or go with separate executables for each distro (which is insane IMHO).

	Currently I have 3 separate tar files to cover the linux spectrum:

		linux -- covers redhat 6.1 thru redhat8
		redhat9 -- covers redhat 9 thru fedora2
		fedora3 -- covers fedora3 on up

	For the most part these work on 64bit systems as well, but every
	once in a while, someone's using a special config (like LDAP) where
	the 32bit binaries don't like the 32bit libs included with the 64bit
	boxes, so sometimes I have to run off a special 64bit compile for
	those platforms. :/

</digression>

	

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