Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 13:03:33 -0700 From: Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org> To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Matthew Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca>, Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>, Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org>, Jake Burkholder <jake@locore.ca> Subject: Re: aout support broken in gcc3 Message-ID: <20020902130333.A60287@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20020902193842.GA49786@dragon.nuxi.com>; from dev-null@NUXI.com on Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 12:38:42PM -0700 References: <20020903005911.V3848-100000@gamplex.bde.org> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0209021323440.74201-100000@xena.gsicomp.on.ca> <20020902193842.GA49786@dragon.nuxi.com>
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* De: David O'Brien <dev-null@NUXI.com> [ Data: 2002-09-02 ] [ Subjecte: Re: aout support broken in gcc3 ] > On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 01:24:19PM -0400, Matthew Emmerton wrote: > > I thought it was part of the plan to drop all traces of a.out support in > > 5.x. Am I wrong? > > We should be *very* careful to accurately describe what is being > suggested. > > I believe it is that 5.x a.out binaries not be supported. However, 2.x > a.out binaries will be supported. This is different thatn "drop all > traces of a.out support". I *hope* nobody is suggesting to rip out the ability to use compat22, let alone the a.out execution facilities in the Kernel. Though maybe making those optional would be good? -- Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org> | FreeBSD: The Power To Serve Will break world for fulltime employment. | finger jmallett@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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