Mark Baranowski (baranowski++at++marklynn.demon.co.uk)
Fri, 21 Feb 1997 13:34:44 GMT
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>Two things are bad in the previous statement:
>
>1. You do not know if the dso you've copied is binary compatible with
> Performer 2.1 . Before giving a dso a version extension, you should
> first verify the dso's version. The elfdump command will tell you:
>
>% elfdump -L /usr/local/MultiGen/Performer_Loader_2.X/libpfflt_ogl.so \
> | fgrep IVERSION
>
>[4] IVERSION sgi2.0
>
> ... so this is a Performer 2.0 dso and therefore not what you need.
Can anyone explain to me the meaning behind the different versions. Do
they relate to Performer releases or something (i.e. sgi3.0 Performer
2.1, sgi2.0 Performer 2.0 etc) or am I barking not only up the wrong
tree but in the wrong forest?
> On our web site is the latest R15.2d loader binaries for both
> 2.0.2(O32) and 2.1 (O32,N32,N64). The URL is:
>
> http://www.multigen.com/FAQ/faq.htm
>
>2. You should never copy files into a system owned directory unless you
> are _very_ sure about what you're doing (my personal opinion).
> Instead, to allow pfdLoadFile() to find 3rd party loaders, set the
> environment variable PFLD_LIBRARY_PATH. For example:
>
>% setenv PFLD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/local/MultiGen/Performer_Loader_2.X
Ooops, many thanks for showing me the error of my ways :)
Regards,
Mark.
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