Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 09:45:18 -0600 From: "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@visi.com> To: "Ruslan Ermilov" <ru@ucb.crimea.ua> Cc: "FreeBSD-Stable" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: -DNOAOUT Why build a.out ... Message-ID: <00c501be5f43$83c50f90$236319ac@w142844.carlson.com>
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I was hoping that wasn't the case. I maintain too machines with my build,
one that requires the a.out libraries, and one that does not. Is it
possible to simply remove the libraries after they are installed on this
other machine, or better yet, can I do this:
make -DNOAOUT installworld
even though I built the a.out world during the buildworld phase?
Tom Veldhouse
veldy@visi.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@ucb.crimea.ua>
To: Thomas T. Veldhouse <veldy@visi.com>
Cc: FreeBSD-Stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Date: Tuesday, February 23, 1999 9:38 AM
Subject: Re: -DNOAOUT Why build a.out ...
>On Tue, Feb 23, 1999 at 08:26:55AM -0600, Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote:
>> All,
>>
>> I was wondering if there is ever a reason to build the a.out
>> compatibility during a make world once it has already been done. Will
there
>> ever be updates to the a.out code that will require a rebuild, or is it
safe
>> from this point foward to use -DNOAOUT since I already have the require
>> a.out tools and libraries?
>
>If you do not have/plan any a.out programs, it is safe to use -DNOAOUT.
>But if you do, it's better to build it anyway. I'll explain _why_.
>a.out compatibility stuff (a.k.a. legacy support) compiles _current_
>sources of all libraries, a.out rtld and old boot blocks in a.out
>format. So, for example, if libc was modified, building with legacy
>stuff will upgrade both ELF and a.out versions of libc.
>
>
>Cheers,
>--
>Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA of the
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>+380.652.247.647 Simferopol, Ukraine
>
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