Re: Netscape in obsd

[Federico Giannici <giannici_(_at_)_neomedia_(_dot_)_it>]

Mike Lockwood wrote:
> 
> The Linux version of Netscape 4.7 works great for me on OpenBSD 2.6
> 
> First you have to make and install the linux_lib port in
> /usr/ports/emul/linux_lib.  Then you may find that Netscape requires a
> different version of libstdc++ (I think libstdc++.so.2.8).  I copied
> that library off of a Linux box and put it in /emul/linux/usr/lib.
> After that, the Linux Netscape worked fine for me.

Until yesterday I used Netscape 4.05 for linux, because I found it the
more stable version I tried.

Now I just upgraded my system to OpenBSD 2.6 (i386). Since then my
Nescape started freezing every time I try to get new messages from
server (the usual tiny window opens and then everything stops!).

I tied to use the BSDI version contained into the packages, but it has
too many problems with Java.

So I tried Netscape 4.7 for linux, as suggested by Mike in his quoted
email. But contrary to him I had not to install any libstdc++.so.2.8
library. Anyway this version of Netscape has the same problem of my
previous version: freezes when I tri to get new messages from server.

So I thought that my linux libraries are bad, and I tried to reinstall
them from the 2.6 ports, but when I try to make it the following error
appears:

"/usr/share/mk/bsd.port.mk", line 2: Could not find
/usr/ports/infrastructure/mk/bsd.port.mk
Fatal errors encountered -- cannot continue

So, what's wrong in my system?
Is it normal that I dont ahve any "/usr/ports/infrastructure" directory?
What I can do to make the Linux Netscape to work again?
Have I to return to 2.5?

Thanks.