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From: Andreas Braukmann <braukmann@tse-online.de>
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Subject: Re: COMPAT4X and 5.x ... how backwards compatible?
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On 05/15/04 15:14:18 -0300 Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> move an existing jail'd environment over to there and run it, with the 4.x
> binaries/libraries inside of the jail?  Is this "wishful thinking" on my
> part, that this would be possible?

It's possible, but you have to test thoroughly.
I run a complete 2.2.6 system (a few patches to the rc-scripts 
and a few binaries from 4.x) jailed on a 4.9 server. On a 5.2.1
server I run a jailed 3.2 as well as a jailed ca. 4.6.

-Andreas