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Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 08:59:50 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: George Michaelson <ggm@dstc.edu.au>
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Subject: Re: once elf transited, does /usr/src/obj/{aout,elf} need to
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On Sun, 15 Nov 1998, George Michaelson wrote:

> 
> I've completed the elf transition. If I blow away obj/{aout,elf,usr}
> will I get them back?

If you 'make world' without NOAOUT, you will. (obj/usr is deprecated and
can disappear anyway.)

> I assume the aout build is a once-only, and there won't be a need to keep
> re-making the compat state?

Unless you want to keep building the aout libs for compatibility reasons,
you don't need them anymore.

> Hang on. if somebody tweaks something that requires a new libc in elfland
> to work, then non-upgraded aout binaries would need to see the change too
> wouldn't they?
> 
> Bummer. that 150+mb isn't headroom after all...


Depends on how much of your system is aout.  The only aout stuff I have
left is leftover ports.

Doug White                               
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