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Date:      Wed, 18 Aug 1999 08:52:55 +0200
From:      Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@scc.nl>
To:        alk@pobox.com
Cc:        emulation@FreeBSD.ORG, stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: linux emulation in 3.2 current
Message-ID:  <37BA5847.4953D0C@scc.nl>
References:  <86aerq2p42.fsf@linum.cofc.edu> <37B9C7A1.926A64DC@scc.nl> <14265.64852.670979.281356@avalon.east>

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Anthony Kimball wrote:
> 
> Quoth Marcel Moolenaar on Tue, 17 August:
> :
> : For starters, COMPAT_LINUX is obsoleted. Use the linux module.
> :
> 
> Does obsoleted mean desupported?  In STABLE?

Yes. COMPAT_LINUX disappeared 3 years ago. The reason that you can still
use it is because it reappeared for the purpose of compiling LINT (IIRC).
The fact that it still can be used to actually built a working kernel is
*not* deliberate, but more a question of "luck".

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Marcel Moolenaar                                  mailto:marcel@scc.nl
SCC Internetworking & Databases                     http://www.scc.nl/
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