Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2012 22:32:47 -0800 From: Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> To: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SeaMonkey eats the CPU as of r232144 Message-ID: <4F530C8F.5090904@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20306.6373.473180.224900@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <4F51D916.5090301@gmail.com> <20306.6373.473180.224900@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On 3/3/12 5:13 AM, Robert Huff wrote: > deeptech71@gmail.com writes: > >> I always had the impression that using an older world with a more >> recent kernel is almost always supported, and the exceptional >> cases are noted in the UPDATING file, as a quote shows: "User >> utilities using SIOCAIFADDR, SIOCAIFADDR_IN6, e.g. ifconfig(8), >> need to be recompiled.". > One wonders where you got this impression, because I have > always had pretty much the opposite - or at least the "correct > operation where running world not matched to running kernel is > presumed unlikely until proven otherwise" version. > (Yes, it often works ... except when it doesn't.) generally we support an older world with a newer kernel. We actually rely on that during upgrade.. The threading library can have some dependencies, but in this case I think it was just that a bug was fixed in the userland library. > Respectfully, > > > Robert Huff > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?4F530C8F.5090904>