Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 09:32:53 +0200 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@ucb.crimea.ua> To: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ALERT: New Jordan's a.out->ELF upgrade is broken!!! Message-ID: <19990128093253.A23405@ucb.crimea.ua> In-Reply-To: <36AFE9B8.688F7671@newsguy.com>; from Daniel C. Sobral on Thu, Jan 28, 1999 at 01:38:16PM %2B0900 References: <19990127200951.A19404@ucb.crimea.ua> <36AFE9B8.688F7671@newsguy.com>
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On Thu, Jan 28, 1999 at 01:38:16PM +0900, Daniel C. Sobral wrote: > Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > > > > Jordan! > > > > As I wrote to you, your new upgrade is broken for 2.2.X systems. > > > > 1. It will not install new boot blocks (see message below). > > 2. It will not build ELF kernel with ELF config and ELF tools > > on a running 2.2.X. (Am I right)? > > 3. It gives no chance to revert, because it installs ELF world > > before new boot blocks and new kernel get installed. > > ELF world can be run with a.out kernel. In fact, that was the state > of affairs for quite a while, only changed about two weeks ago. > I know 3.0-ELF world will run with 3.0-aout kernel. But I asked: will 3.0-ELF tools (config, make, cc, as, etc.) build 3.0-ELF kernel on a running 2.2.8-aout kernel? -- Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA of the ru@ucb.crimea.ua United Commercial Bank +380.652.247.647 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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