Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 15:54:04 +0200 From: des@des.no (=?iso-8859-1?q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: Rob <spamrefuse@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: kernel config: COMPAT_FREEBSD4 ? Message-ID: <xzpis8yeweb.fsf@dwp.des.no> In-Reply-To: <417CF09A.90009@yahoo.com> (spamrefuse@yahoo.com's message of "Mon, 25 Oct 2004 21:24:58 %2B0900") References: <417CF09A.90009@yahoo.com>
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Rob <spamrefuse@yahoo.com> writes: > The upcoming 5.3 stable kernel configuration has the option > COMPAT_FREEBSD4. What is the consequence of not having this > in the kernel? Quite a few FreeBSD 4.x binaries will fail to run. This probably includes most non-Linux binary-only ports (e.g. www/opera) > If I install 5.3 from scratch on my system and compile all > software from scratch, will I run into trouble without the > option COMPAT_FREEBSD4 in the kernel? Probably not. > What is the connection between this kernal option and > the port misc/compat4x ? The ports installs FreeBSD 4.x versions of various system libraries which FreeBSD 4.x binaries may or may not need. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no
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