From owner-freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Tue Jul 30 02:21:10 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D394BE017 for ; Tue, 30 Jul 2019 02:21:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wlosh@bsdimp.com) Received: from mail-qt1-x833.google.com (mail-qt1-x833.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::833]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "GTS CA 1O1" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E282F870FF for ; Tue, 30 Jul 2019 02:21:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wlosh@bsdimp.com) Received: by mail-qt1-x833.google.com with SMTP id w17so17222602qto.10 for ; Mon, 29 Jul 2019 19:21:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bsdimp-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=f+NSjxWKqfjDLstYi2+kDUfjsQGNuzdr3gCdXYAd0+s=; b=Z81pI8synbsEXH6OSgiXbehYoQyNdGjdIzryPlqza6lTmduQpOEAk//IjC+NcL9+24 ai3V2i5O1jRyMzChk3Xu5Z2dsyxiFsXF+GMHjUKhaVOfexkBu4T0OfK97UXhyv6M3Kcz Ar40lXza6toxZFGrZKe0quGxvN3c3T8IH2yJPeOTWIYmNXf3KICIkvVKW6LaWsWJkocr LaL2Rbi9d34e49pkgvMlzcYoZUTUIF5TU1NH3D9MLf6uiJzDZ/3j2rTNB4+mGso5Y9rY 62s+f1jItV5rXlCCa8oFG4etrXjMpRC4k/7mumUctuai0RLfZrZtrpjGO1bSG/2IYegg JT0Q== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=f+NSjxWKqfjDLstYi2+kDUfjsQGNuzdr3gCdXYAd0+s=; b=Qc4IZaQ1zsk8LNSISVZGa1zRbUD8TI3QzNgejAx+GWd/o02kuq1VAwirayyftBYZvq vu+E11UC79erfvpT83BcnHfMJ3W7GSInoZhtWrCoxlGxRzLafWRGBzLb5cLzrHKm20V/ TLTc30zzadIhDf+QpylDuUMFnnbaoDbXcIkgg2y1PD562soG2Tdvi++rDSK9M+bTKrmm 38JYPWhEXb5voUgI3CdY/bvUFBC9jTRMp0TBvz3f676zIFWiC6QVa2BLrHyUaFcVzBb6 Q7P6RYs7hLDArTEclihegu76ct6GrdlyDCRN/+wFVsP5sQSkiiU6NcKsQfuRZxXxTeKm fdUA== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAWc/DcIWXviKoWK8devU0pSP+xNf6UCt+PRd5FW7aGCGIFindZd LG4iNAcnNDNam+FAuqt271Ixn8pDmLCvz4iNE6k= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqyx5X2WoOM7PjZ8ShHu3Tj2/Q5Ser1X87kmAkogeaeHaFhIbNoY+KlflAcvp+5E+WJAKwnl2JUKMgzmxldYSzE= X-Received: by 2002:a0c:b0ef:: with SMTP id p44mr42713566qvc.27.1564453268852; Mon, 29 Jul 2019 19:21:08 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Warner Losh Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 21:20:56 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: RFC: Removal of gzip'ed a.out support To: Xin LI Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org, Xin LI , Yoshihiro Ota , re@freebsd.org, phk@freebsd.org X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: E282F870FF X-Spamd-Bar: ------ Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-6.98 / 15.00]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.98)[-0.980,0]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.29 X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 02:21:10 -0000 On Mon, Jul 29, 2019, 9:17 PM Xin Li via freebsd-arch < freebsd-arch@freebsd.org> wrote: > Hi, > > As part of the effort of unifying kernel zlib versions, we would like to > propose that the gzip'ed a.out support at: > > https://reviews.freebsd.org/D21099 > > The support was disabled by default in 1999 (FreeBSD 3.0) when we moved > to ELF world. This proposed change will not affect user's ability to > run regular a.out binaries. > It hasn't worked in two decades as far as I know. It is time. Warner >