Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 21:40:20 GMT From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/89257: Previous version compatibility in 6.0 Message-ID: <200511212140.jALLeKsM090053@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR misc/89257; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Me <who@me.com> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/89257: Previous version compatibility in 6.0 Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 16:38:58 -0500 --vGgW1X5XWziG23Ko Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 10:14:58PM +0000, Me wrote: > It seems apps compiled against version 5.0 of FreeBSD are not > compatible with 6.0 out of the box and to me this isn't good. I can > still run windows applications written well over 15 years ago > unmodified on my PC out of the box and without running through > hoops. The "recompile defense" is unacceptable as the source code > is not always avaliable and more importantly users must not be > expected to care. Did you forget to install the compat5x libraries? Either way, this PR is quite incomplete since you forgot to give any details of your problem. Kris --vGgW1X5XWziG23Ko Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDgj5yWry0BWjoQKURAnSCAJ9wv8ZCMbiNnnKBXYroz87R4VQungCcDRH9 kvNHKUReHxkVGsJZdWujr88= =MNmS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --vGgW1X5XWziG23Ko--
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