Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 10:36:48 +0200 From: Rainer Hurling <rhurlin@gwdg.de> To: Wes Morgan <morganw@chemikals.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: COMPAT_FREEBSDn Message-ID: <49F41D20.6050601@gwdg.de> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0904251221410.45295@ibyngvyr.purzvxnyf.bet> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0904251221410.45295@ibyngvyr.purzvxnyf.bet>
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For example if you are using x11/nvidia-driver you have to install misc/compat5x for the binary part of the driver. There may be some more ports like this. Rainer Hurling On 25.04.2009 19:25 (UTC+2), Wes Morgan wrote: > The various COMPAT_FREEBSDn options are part of generic, but are they > needed for most users? Do they enable some structures or interfaces that > some userland programs still expect, or is it safe to disable them > assuming that I don't need to run binaries from older systems?
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