From owner-freebsd-current Thu Sep 3 04:35:18 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA03665 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Thu, 3 Sep 1998 04:35:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au (rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au [129.78.129.109]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA03656 for ; Thu, 3 Sep 1998 04:35:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dawes@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au) Received: (from dawes@localhost) by rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au (8.8.5/8.8.2) id VAA26276; Thu, 3 Sep 1998 21:34:03 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <19980903213403.A26062@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au> Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 21:34:03 +1000 From: David Dawes To: John Birrell Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XFree86 and ELF Mail-Followup-To: John Birrell , freebsd-current@freebsd.org References: <19980902161303.E21469@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au> <199809020711.RAA27819@cimlogic.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <199809020711.RAA27819@cimlogic.com.au>; from John Birrell on Wed, Sep 02, 1998 at 05:11:11PM +1000 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Sep 02, 1998 at 05:11:11PM +1000, John Birrell wrote: >David Dawes wrote: >> I'm pretty sure that's why others did it that way too. I think it is safe >> to simplify it to: >> >> #if defined(Lynx) || (defined(SYSV) || defined(SVR4)) && !defined(ACK_ASSEMBLER) || defined(__ELF__) >> >> If something does break as a consequence, we (XFree86) will deal with it. > >It sounds like the changes required for XFree86 to support elf on >FreeBSD aren't a big deal. Agreed. >Would you prefer to just deal with the >change yourself when you get an elf system, or is this ongoing discussion >helping work out what the change should be? The discussion so far has been useful. >We've already asked for people to give the ports crew time to work >through the elf issues. I think it's reasonable to make the same >allowance for XFree86. David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message