From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Wed Jun 23 18:31:38 2010
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61B1B106564A
	for <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org>;
	Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:31:38 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from bf1783@googlemail.com)
Received: from mail-ww0-f54.google.com (mail-ww0-f54.google.com [74.125.82.54])
	by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDD148FC28
	for <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org>;
	Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:31:37 +0000 (UTC)
Received: by wwb24 with SMTP id 24so965813wwb.13
	for <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org>;
	Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:31:36 -0700 (PDT)
DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed;
	d=googlemail.com; s=gamma;
	h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:reply-to:date
	:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type;
	bh=GANoPJ32XlsC3tNGVxv8FzhxRwOrWSUp7g89zIYaKQk=;
	b=c/PP+4V+WjrFtBcZRaJVT+6viUMuKD7EWHJbuewhBqY7A2cOebxY/DSU9CYScBJwfD
	Lj3IpG5MbH8T0EuPyfOvFnLUSt6LaGYeeXTbiSaeesNoroUHwCVtxsUpn7H/HEmazDf4
	R5tGTmD8WBeuwX+mtEynyHOs/0KZuR4jFveLA=
DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma;
	h=mime-version:reply-to:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc
	:content-type;
	b=Z/VQvIvG6pYv+gEsGn0QGpjbPxrrGnHNNK8vZpeHb4Sk8922LZfBWnHdQRIgBmsji6
	WprUvmKRar+mR6Do7tCnSAvQ25HCzyqr5+rx4JSrssXhrvzmPtVytarfGCP6Nt6iCvCE
	ssWRf3MWET1srzRUl+bAwTs60L1TMnPLtp7K0=
MIME-Version: 1.0
Received: by 10.227.152.194 with SMTP id h2mr8062080wbw.196.1277317896738; 
	Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:31:36 -0700 (PDT)
Received: by 10.216.58.149 with HTTP; Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:31:36 -0700 (PDT)
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:31:36 +0000
Message-ID: <AANLkTilfaoNh1jd6QJV_zrTUbsEAL9uzaDnG_xR0r_gN@mail.gmail.com>
From: "b. f." <bf1783@googlemail.com>
To: oklahoma <stopeme@gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: Running Older Binaries under 8.0
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
Reply-To: bf1783@gmail.com
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:31:38 -0000

oklahoma wrote:
>>   /usr/ports/misc/compat6x
>>
>is there any difference between the port and kernel options
>compat_freebsd6 beside compiling of kernel vs installing port?

Yes. The kernel options provide kernel compatibility and the ports
provide userland compatibility.  You need both to run older binaries.

b.