From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 13 14:27:42 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA15920 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 13 May 1997 14:27:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from iconz.co.nz (iconz.co.nz [202.14.100.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id OAA15913 for ; Tue, 13 May 1997 14:27:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from news.iconz.co.nz (status.gen.nz [202.14.100.1]) by iconz.co.nz (8.6.12/8.6.10) with ESMTP id JAA11889; Wed, 14 May 1997 09:27:34 +1200 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by news.iconz.co.nz (8.8.5/8.8.5) with UUCP id JAA17139; Wed, 14 May 1997 09:22:07 +1200 Received: (from jonc@localhost) by kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz (8.8.3/8.8.3) id JAA00693; Wed, 14 May 1997 09:07:13 +1200 (NZST) Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 09:07:13 +1200 (NZST) From: To: Nadav Eiron cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.1.7 and COMPAT_43 In-Reply-To: <33782627.7FD0@barcode.co.il> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 13 May 1997, Nadav Eiron wrote: > jonc@pinnacle.co.nz wrote: > > > > Hmm, > > > > Just tried recompiling a kernel for 2.1.7, and removed the COMPAT_43 > > option from the list. Upon rebooting, login behaves slightly strangely: > > Why did you remove COMPAT_43? It's one of the things that's not meant to > be removed from the kernel config file (as the comment states). Most > noteably it breaks xterm. The kernel config files do *NOT* say that its a required option (in either GENERIC or LINT); they need updating if that's the case. And as to why, just fooling around with how small a kernel I can get that still boots and works.. -- Jonathan Chen e-mail : jonc@pinnacle.co.nz Pinnacle Software Ltd Voice : +64.9.415.4460 Auckland, New Zealand Fax : +64.9.415.4250