[Planetlab-users] a few questions from a first timer

[Ricardo Lopes Pereira]

Hi,

For my first project using Planet-lab I want to test a few modifications
to the eMule protocol.
For such, rather than implementing the entire eMule protocol, I was
considering using aMule.
Unfortunately I was unable to compile it as a static binary, and require
dynamic libraries.

I compiled it under debian etch, and when I uploaded it to a planet-lab
node, a few of the libraries were missing:
 $ ldd amuled
        linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0x009d5000)
        libpthread.so.0 => /lib/tls/libpthread.so.0 (0x00411000)
        libz.so.1 => /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0x00387000)
        libwx_baseu_net-2.6.so.0 => not found
        libwx_baseu-2.6.so.0 => not found
        libstdc++.so.6 => not found
        libm.so.6 => /lib/tls/libm.so.6 (0x00d3b000)
        libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00d94000)
        libc.so.6 => /lib/tls/libc.so.6 (0x00111000)
        /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x006c3000)


In my efforts to overcome the situation I read all the Planet-lab
documentation I could find, and searched the mailing list. I now have
more questions than before I started :)

-In order to develop my applications, should I use devbox (if it's still
current) or my-plc? What is the difference? I just want a chroot with
planet-lab's gcc tool-chain and libraries. My-plc appears to be overkill.

-My-plc posts mention fedora core 4, but the node I logged on to still
runs fedora core 2. Why the discrepancy?

-I though I would be able to install the missing packages using yum, but:
	-Fedora mirrors no longer carry core 2 software! Is it really that old?
	-Adding:
		[Extras]
		name=Fedora 4 extras
	      baseurl=http://limestone.uoregon.edu/fedora/extras/4/i386/
		gpgcheck=0
	to /etc/yum.conf didn't work. Presumably because the core 4 		
	mirrors don't have the headers directory (this may be a foolish 	
	conclusion, but being a debian user, I'm also new to fedora).

-The required wxwidgets package doesn't seem to be available on fedora
core 2.


Does anyone have any suggestions? Am I addressing this right, or
completing missing the point?

Would appreciate all the help.

Best regards
Ricardo Lopes Pereira