From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 27 03:05:25 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABF1F106566C for ; Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:05:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanefbsd@gmail.com) Received: from yx-out-2324.google.com (yx-out-2324.google.com [74.125.44.29]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67FB78FC14 for ; Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:05:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanefbsd@gmail.com) Received: by yx-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 8so1423180yxb.13 for ; Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:05:24 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=9kedWziCaCPtspmtOyz1wddmQc/kZoL745Nl7WNQgbA=; b=sAH7XuyU0cEi6cHcZcs3qfYLq6FQJ7x9LN6KchG9BErUc1Is/k/nOWQ4hq52UNAUFA LWd/QiE67pwyBi6kJslScQisBOw9jamWJH8CI1CJnHc5X7Yl4meUktYZaNsYlEhSO0MN jb9j1X3xBRlYV+WinQWgG6ljDR9C7nWstTJYg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=p4PpwJJGOn+LJZXFdQ2UhljNHOnDyA+TmKRaDZJdK7rO55+YWcD2Cw43Qb7n+lcpAE GV5wnfYxGAGuK9CHFRBTvWoMYvfkZwAFVF21Y2HnX8t+Gqg43btw1V96bYpN9sFqZdq8 FljpiClqVPQFxTIM7h9do6pBk/qTruxsYz0hU= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.150.148.7 with SMTP id v7mr9281306ybd.66.1240801524577; Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:05:24 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <49F41D20.6050601@gwdg.de> References: <49F41D20.6050601@gwdg.de> Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:05:24 -0700 Message-ID: <7d6fde3d0904262005k4f94321cp32961e1853f96cc0@mail.gmail.com> From: Garrett Cooper To: Rainer Hurling Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: COMPAT_FREEBSDn X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:05:25 -0000 On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 1:36 AM, Rainer Hurling wrote: > For example if you are using x11/nvidia-driver you have to install > misc/compat5x for the binary part of the driver. There may be some more > ports like this. > > Rainer Hurling > > > On 25.04.2009 19:25 (UTC+2), Wes Morgan wrote: >> >> The various COMPAT_FREEBSDn options are part of generic, but are they >> needed for most users? Do they enable some structures or interfaces that >> some userland programs still expect, or is it safe to disable them assuming >> that I don't need to run binaries from older systems? There are a few ports, but they're low in rank. compat4x is essentially useless with all that I've seen, but other apps in the ports I've seen require compat5x (nvidia-driver, perforce, etc)... Cheers, -Garrett