[plug] old binaries

[Rob Dunne]

(reposting with a subject line)

Hi list,
           I have an old binary (ELF format)
then needs ld-linux.so.1, libm.so.5, and libc.so.5

how do I get it to run? The compatibility rpm (sorry I dont
have its name here) in RH7.1 seems to be for compiling 
stuff to run on a RH6.2 system -- but how do I get a RH6.2
binary to run on a newer system?

I have found two rpm that look interesting -- however
1) one of them will over-write /sbin/ldconfig 
-- Is is safe to install 
2) is it OK to install an mandrake rpm on a RH machine -- or
will it break things?


[lycra]# rpm -qlp libc-5.4.44-1glibc.i386.rpm |grep libc.s
/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib/libc.so.5.4.44
[lycra]# rpm -qlp ld.so-1.9.11-4mdk.i386.rpm 
/lib/ld-linux.so.1
/lib/ld-linux.so.1.9.11
/sbin/ldconfig
/usr/share/doc/ld.so-1.9.11
/usr/share/doc/ld.so-1.9.11/README
/usr/share/doc/ld.so-1.9.11/copyright
/usr/share/man/man8/ldconfig.8.bz2

					bye
						rob

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