From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 4 01:43:19 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F49416A4CE for ; Fri, 4 Jun 2004 01:43:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCA0243D1D for ; Fri, 4 Jun 2004 01:43:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1])i548grX0061931 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 4 Jun 2004 09:42:53 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id i548gq3o061821; Fri, 4 Jun 2004 09:42:52 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 09:42:52 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: "Reed L. O'Brien" Message-ID: <20040604084252.GB85236@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , "Reed L. O'Brien" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="i9LlY+UWpKt15+FH" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version devel-20040525, clamav-milter version 0.71 X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD4 COMPAT X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2004 08:43:19 -0000 --i9LlY+UWpKt15+FH Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jun 03, 2004 at 03:52:40AM -0400, Reed L. O'Brien wrote: > what if I don't compile FreeBSD4 into the FreeBSD5 kernel? > do I wind up with problems in the ports?? That's not a kernel option. remember that FreeBSD has an integrated kernel and system -- shlibs, standard applications -- and that for best results you need to compile both of them (from the same set of sources). All the COMPAT4X option in /etc/make.conf does is cause a pre-compiled copy of libc.so.4 and other vital shlibs from 4.x to be installed. That the OS major version is 4 and the libc ABI version is likewise 4 is no coincidence. You can achieve the same effect in an alternate manner by installing the misc/compat4x port. However, you don't generally have to do that: it's only necessary when you need to install software where only a pre-compiled 4.x version is available. Aside from a few commercial closed source offerings, there's only a few ports which will compile under 4.x but not under 5.x, and that number is shrinking all the time. If you're allergic to compiling it yourself, then 5.x packages are readily available. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --i9LlY+UWpKt15+FH Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAwDYMiD657aJF7eIRAhMJAJ9Xq8+gPKjQfVZ9jJ0/JAmQsESYygCfbUKc iYIxn0LbfW9LUO+Uo/yajXQ= =3Nj1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --i9LlY+UWpKt15+FH--