Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:57:04 +0000 (UTC) From: Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r248525 - head/sbin/ldconfig Message-ID: <201303191657.r2JGv4hk064062@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: imp Date: Tue Mar 19 16:57:04 2013 New Revision: 248525 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/248525 Log: Add a comment about why aout support is still here: We need it for compat2x, which is still in use, as evidence by recent bug reports. Modified: head/sbin/ldconfig/ldconfig.c Modified: head/sbin/ldconfig/ldconfig.c ============================================================================== --- head/sbin/ldconfig/ldconfig.c Tue Mar 19 16:33:43 2013 (r248524) +++ head/sbin/ldconfig/ldconfig.c Tue Mar 19 16:57:04 2013 (r248525) @@ -97,6 +97,13 @@ static void listhints(void); static int readhints(void); static void usage(void); +/* + * Note on aout/a.out support. + * To properly support shared libraries for compat2x, which are a.out, we need + * to support a.out here. As of 2013, bug reports are still coming in for this + * feature (on amd64 no less), so we know it is still in use. + */ + int main(int argc, char **argv) {
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