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Date:      Thu, 28 Jan 1999 13:38:16 +0900
From:      "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com>
To:        Ruslan Ermilov <ru@ucb.crimea.ua>
Cc:        jkh@FreeBSD.ORG, FreeBSD Hackers <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ALERT: New Jordan's a.out->ELF upgrade is broken!!!
Message-ID:  <36AFE9B8.688F7671@newsguy.com>
References:  <19990127200951.A19404@ucb.crimea.ua>

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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.

--
Daniel C. Sobral			(8-DCS)
dcs@newsguy.com

	If you sell your soul to the Devil and all you get is an MCSE from
it, you haven't gotten market rate.



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