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Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:52:47 -0500
From: Martin McCormick <martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu>
Subject: Running Older Binaries under 8.0
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	I have a large number of home-grown applications that
run under FreeBSD 6.3 and earlier. As we transition to
FreeBSD8.0, is there a good single package to add which will
provide the right libraries to allow these older binaries to run
without surprises?

Thank you.

Martin McCormick WB5AGZ  Stillwater, OK 
Systems Engineer
OSU Information Technology Department Telecommunications Services Group