Subject: UNIX to Linux switch

From: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 11:45:20 -0400 (EDT)

We are currently running Pine 3.91 on an IBM RS/6000 with AIX 3.2. We may 
be losing access to the IBM and are investigating the possibility of 
moving our freenet and Pine software to a Linux run PC. Is it possible to 
switch Pine from one system to another? Or does the original UNIX 
compilation make that impossible? Would we be better off getting a newer 
version and compiling it for Linux? Our tech support goes with the 
IBM, so please excuse these questions if they are obvious to you, I'm an 
administrator not a programmer. 

Matthew Penn
[email-masked]

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From: Edward M Greshko <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 00:22:59 +0800 (GMT)

> administrator not a programmer. 

	You are runnnig pine3.91.  The current and much better version
is pine3.95.  The binary for AIX is not compatible with LINUX.  Therefore,
you are advised to get the latest source for pine and recompile.

	Regards,

		Ed

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