From owner-cvs-all Mon Aug 24 09:15:41 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from daemon@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA20057 for cvs-all-outgoing; Mon, 24 Aug 1998 09:15:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all) Received: from gjp.erols.com (alex-va-n008c079.moon.jic.com [206.156.18.89]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA20033; Mon, 24 Aug 1998 09:15:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gjp@gjp.erols.com) Received: from gjp.erols.com (gjp@localhost.erols.com [127.0.0.1]) by gjp.erols.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id MAA21415; Mon, 24 Aug 1998 12:14:39 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from gjp@gjp.erols.com) X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.1 12/23/97 To: shmit@kublai.com cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Gary Palmer" Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib Makefile In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 24 Aug 1998 12:11:01 EDT." <19980824121101.27653@kublai.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 12:14:39 -0400 Message-ID: <21411.903975279@gjp.erols.com> Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Brian Cully wrote in message ID <19980824121101.27653@kublai.com>: > On Sat, Aug 22, 1998 at 07:31:39AM -0700, Gary Palmer wrote: > > gpalmer 1998/08/22 07:31:39 PDT > > > > Modified files: > > lib Makefile > > Log: > > Building `compat' on alpha is meaningless (they are i386 libraries) > > I thought compat contained a some legacy API calls? So it's there for > more than just backwards binary compatibility, but for source compatibility > as well, no? You are thinking of libcompat. compat is older revs of shared libraries uuencoded and checked into the repository. These are hence i386-centric (right now at least). Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info