From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 16 10:28:53 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76CBA106566B for ; Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:28:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr13.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr13.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.33]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B6F08FC0A for ; Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:28:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr13.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id nBGASp0r016056; Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:28:51 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 1629CBA90; Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:28:51 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:28:51 +0100 From: Roland Smith To: grarpamp Message-ID: <20091216102850.GA99834@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="gBBFr7Ir9EOA20Yy" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using RELENG_8 to compile for older RELENG_x X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:28:53 -0000 --gBBFr7Ir9EOA20Yy Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 04:15:01AM -0500, grarpamp wrote: > I'm on RELENG_8, works great. I've been bugged to compile some > things for RELENG_4 boxes. Due to administrative fiat, I have to > compile externally and ship them the results, no login. The best thing to do is to convince the guys running RELENG_4 to join the r= est of us in the 21st century, and switch to 8.0 or at least 7.x. Support for t= he 4.x base system has ended some time ago, and the current ports tree isn't guaranteed to work on it either. > So in general, how do I use my RELENG_8 boxes to compile apps that > will run on RELENG_4? Create a virtual machine with RELENG_4 on it, that is probably the most foolproof way. (If you are running an i386 machine, maybe a jail will work.) Try to compile the software on it. If that software is in ports and the current port doesn't compile or run, either roll back your ports tr= ee to a version that works, or try to patch the port to make it work. =20 > Similarly, how can I make buildworld/buildkernel/release for RELENG_4 > on RELENG_8? Ditto. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --gBBFr7Ir9EOA20Yy Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.13 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAksotmIACgkQEnfvsMMhpyUFxQCeNebQxCIywRN87eYHLB1RBPsj KlIAoI4eJbVOoORL/+jzPCvgdE9K7mmu =oNlW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --gBBFr7Ir9EOA20Yy--