From owner-freebsd-current Sat Nov 9 2:45:57 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12FA837B401 for ; Sat, 9 Nov 2002 02:45:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail1.gambling.com (mail1.gambling.com [207.139.179.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B16E943E4A for ; Sat, 9 Nov 2002 02:45:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sheldonh@starjuice.net) Received: from [196.30.178.160] (helo=localhost) by mail1.gambling.com with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.10) id 18AT7X-000ES7-00; Sat, 09 Nov 2002 05:45:47 -0500 Received: from sheldonh by localhost with local (Exim 4.10) id 18AT7H-0000WR-00; Sat, 09 Nov 2002 12:45:27 +0200 Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2002 12:45:27 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: Daniel Eischen Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] note the __sF change in src/UPDATING Message-ID: <20021109104527.GD347@starjuice.net> Mail-Followup-To: Daniel Eischen , current@FreeBSD.org References: <20021108.142609.112624839.imp@bsdimp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Scanner: exiscan for exim4 (http://duncanthrax.net/exiscan/) *18AT7X-000ES7-00*MVsJp17qCxs* Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On (2002/11/08 18:13), Daniel Eischen wrote: > > The problem is that you cannot have 4.x packages and 5.x packages > > co-mingled on the same system. that's what I'm trying to fix. You'd > > have to rebuild the 4.x packages before they are fixed. > > I don't think this is a show-stopper. Just recompile all your > ports or use the pre-built 5.0 packages. If we keep thinking only in terms of software for which source is available, we'll soon find ourselves completely estranged from commercial ventures and we can kiss any hope of serious vendor support for FreeBSD good-bye. If the final word on this whole issue is "You can't run binaries compiled for 4.x-RELEASE on 5.x-RELEASE" then we should start puckering up. Developers tend to remember these things and you don't have to screw them too many times before they remove FreeBSD downloads from their web sites and replace them with a brief message explaining that "We don't have time to cope with FreeBSD's disregard for backward compatibility." At that point, whining about how they shouldn't have been fiddling with these symbols in the first place is bound to be a fruitless exercise. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message