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Subject: Re: R3 -> R4 - pitfalls for applications built under R3 on Suns ??
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Date: 24 Feb 90 11:21:13 GMT
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In article <EHO.90Feb16181111@word.Princeton.EDU> you write:
>Can anyone give me any advise on this (like things to avoid/workarounds) ?
Of the programs I have tested all the R3 stuff works on a R4 server, some
of it requires that you do a "xset bc" ("Backwords Compatabilty"/"Bug Compat.").
I have not tested too many comerical programs and I have not tested too many
things that I have a R4 version (like xdvi, I use the xditview supplyed w/ R4).

I have also just recompiled alot of R3 stuff under R4 (to take advantage of
shared libs & MIT-COOKIE-1), most of it compiles w/o change, or with just a
"#define XAW_BC" and a few changes to the #include lines...

>I've Sun-3's and Sun-4 (all running SunOS 4.0.1)on my desk and I've gcc-1.35,
>and Emacs 18.55.
Use gcc on the sun 3's, but cc on the 4's, be careful to read the stuff in the
dox about shared libs.

>(Maybe I should wait a little more till more bugs are discovered ?).
If you want, but the whole thing seems less buggie then R3.
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