From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jan 27 23:34:51 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA01106 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 23:34:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from relay.ucb.crimea.ua (relay.ucb.crimea.ua [212.110.138.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA01022 for ; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 23:34:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ru@ucb.crimea.ua) Received: (from ru@localhost) by relay.ucb.crimea.ua (8.9.2/8.9.2/UCB) id JAA00714; Thu, 28 Jan 1999 09:32:53 +0200 (EET) Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 09:32:53 +0200 From: Ruslan Ermilov To: "Daniel C. Sobral" Cc: FreeBSD Hackers Subject: Re: ALERT: New Jordan's a.out->ELF upgrade is broken!!! Message-ID: <19990128093253.A23405@ucb.crimea.ua> Mail-Followup-To: "Daniel C. Sobral" , FreeBSD Hackers References: <19990127200951.A19404@ucb.crimea.ua> <36AFE9B8.688F7671@newsguy.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.94.17i In-Reply-To: <36AFE9B8.688F7671@newsguy.com>; from Daniel C. Sobral on Thu, Jan 28, 1999 at 01:38:16PM +0900 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.8-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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