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- From: oliverm@nevada.edu (Moises Oliveira)
- Subject: Re: Distinguishing 3.0 binaries
- Message-ID: <1992Nov11.022044.9702@nevada.edu>
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- Organization: University of Nevada System Computing Services
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- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 02:20:44 GMT
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- In article <BxIMsr.LKG@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> ab@nova.cc.purdue.edu (Allen B) writes:
- >Could anyone please tell me an easy way to tell (on a 3.0
- >system) whether a binary is 3.0 only or 2.x also.
- >
-
- >I'm having a devil of a time getting submitters to tell me
- >and I'm tired of sending out form letters (especially to
- >those who don't give me Copyable email addresses @*#!). I
- >guess I'll change the submissions README to stress these
- >things.
- >
-
- Yes please do so, and while you're at it, emphasize that if they are
- going to provide binaries, the should "make install" to create
- a stripped version.
-
- >In related news, thanks for being patient (well, most of
- >you anyway :-) ). I've been out of the office a lot lately
- >fixing other people's machines and haven't had much time
- >to manage the Archives. Though we still have a few NeXTs
- >that appear to be cursed, things are settling down.
- >
-
- We apprecaite it!
-
- >If you could post under this title or email to
- >archive-management@nova.cc.purdue.edu it'd be much
- >appreciated. Thanks everyone!
- >
- >Allen B (Blowing the dust off his Archivist's hat)
-
- Since you're cleaning up, the least I can do is help. the program you need to
- use is called otool, and comes with the extended release.
-
- type otool -L /LocalApps/Local/Viewer (or whatever the app name is)
- a 2.x app will return
- /usr/shlib/libNeXT_s.C.shlib (minor version 52)
- /usr/shlib/libsys_s.B.shlib (minor version 44)
- (note the VERSION numbers, 52 and 44 for 2.x)
- There may be other shared libraries listed but those two will be present
- in every NeXTSTEP app. (and some non apps)
-
- a 3.0 system will return
- /usr/shlib/libMedia_s.A.shlib (minor version 12)
- /usr/shlib/libNeXT_s.C.shlib (minor version 57)
- /usr/shlib/libsys_s.B.shlib (minor version 55)
-
- Note that the version number is up to 57 and 55, and a new library libMedia
- has been added.
-
- --enjoy
-
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