NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #18/NN_1992_18.iso/spool/comp/unix/xenix/sco/2722

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From: [e-mail] (Jim Mintha)
Subject: Re: GIF viewer for Xenix
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> Seems there are quite a few of us looking for a gif viewer for Xenix
> ...In unsharing the package Ron Florence sent, I notice in the
> Makefile /usr/lib/386/Slibccgi.a ... not only can't I find that
> library, I can't even find the directory!  I do have a /lib/386 tho,
> but still no cgi library.  (I believe we have version 2.3.1b of the
> dev/sys, doubtful anyplans to upgrade either :-( ) To be thorough
> about searching for cgi stuff, I did a find / -print | grep -y cgi and
> got zilch :-((( Now, the xenix.faq lists CGI as a separate package
> from the dev/sys, however, it has a paragraph later on talking about
> graphics/gifs saying that cgi *is* included with the dev/sys, but no
> versions are indicated. Could someone (Chip? :-) ) please tell us all
> what the real story is?

When we got the development system about a year ago, the CGI package
came bundled with it, but it is separately installable.  So its possible
that it was just never installed on your system.  I'll check the version
number of our dev sys, and get back to you, but its 2.3.1 something.

Jim
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