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From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>,
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On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 09:42:52AM +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote:
> 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??
>=20
> 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).

Actually I think he's talking about COMPAT_FREEBSD4.  This should only
be needed if you want to run 4.x binaries.

Kris

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