From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue May 18 14:22: 1 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from cimlogic.com.au (cimlog.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.51.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A1491576A for ; Tue, 18 May 1999 14:21:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jb@cimlogic.com.au) Received: (from jb@localhost) by cimlogic.com.au (8.9.1/8.9.1) id HAA28910; Wed, 19 May 1999 07:34:39 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from jb) From: John Birrell Message-Id: <199905182134.HAA28910@cimlogic.com.au> Subject: Re: a.out lib placment (was: 3.2-RELEASE and netscape problem.) In-Reply-To: <19990518115818.B53888@nuxi.com> from "David O'Brien" at "May 18, 1999 11:58:18 am" To: obrien@NUXI.com Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 07:34:38 +1000 (EST) Cc: mike@smith.net.au, jkh@zippy.cdrom.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL43 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG David O'Brien wrote: > > It breaks because compat22 is installing _everything_ in > > /usr/lib/compat/aout. We've reproduced this locally - compat22 is > > hosed. > > I *knew* this was going to bite us in the ass. I brought it up at E-day > time... and was ignored. "I hear what you say - I just don't agree" > Some body please decide where bits should live. *IF* you upgrade from > 2.2.x to 3.x, your /usr/lib a.out libs are moved to /usr/lib/aout, *AND* > your /usr/lib/compat a.out libs are moved to /usr/lib/compat/aout. Fine. > > NOW if you look at the compat2{0,1} bits we shipped with 3.2, they > install into /usr/lib/compat/. Thus we have no consistancy. So compat22 > is no more broken than ``make aout-to-elf''. In an elf world, /usr/lib and /usr/lib/compat are for things in elf format. /usr/lib/aout and /usr/lib/compat/aout are legacy directories for things in aout format. I think you are abusing compat22 by adding the aout (legacy) stuff. Why not just build a legacy library bundle and install it where it belongs. -- John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org http://www.cimlogic.com.au/ CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message