From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 2 04:49:48 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DC48F47D for ; Fri, 2 Jan 2015 04:49:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ie0-x232.google.com (mail-ie0-x232.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c03::232]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 91E812014 for ; Fri, 2 Jan 2015 04:49:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ie0-f178.google.com with SMTP id vy18so14623044iec.37 for ; Thu, 01 Jan 2015 20:49:47 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=TZEVzOFHxelK2wg52/RIx7W/F842hctVSL2yLztoWtY=; b=VmL4Ayh/NkC7UpI4NLGjjT8AWKH6YI7tP22ByvPhoBMYgdAl+Ik5ts96nzJlvkEPij 3TcTzqS3HM88hY89pYoyWPsSVnllhsdLgELH/D0wBgJrb5+q7hyym/OX64i+YetJqkO5 ZkNgtESPhbtwBAWiYzfKs/0uegLiimUV2w22tUu462rq5efLhkV6rA3LQp3LlymIug3C dETI3nISv3ekXe2xKG9BfTy0jCgZ1kpRgJZDqOM3fpWjAO6POIgTF6bZd0IYczPMp7cL DnFF5oAYN1n0lvmdKFHmJTRaEyEweU/wactbfgUZmsckh0yz/aPMYChqzeN3ffUkyYKQ 5C1g== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.107.168.18 with SMTP id r18mr66070069ioe.76.1420174187694; Thu, 01 Jan 2015 20:49:47 -0800 (PST) Sender: kob6558@gmail.com Received: by 10.107.52.19 with HTTP; Thu, 1 Jan 2015 20:49:47 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20150102150945.P82172@sola.nimnet.asn.au> References: <620F82BB-1D53-4F2A-9C67-51D5EC3C3144@lists.zabbadoz.net> <7A7DD8BC-D990-4C6A-8452-F8336ECB7D08@lists.zabbadoz.net> <0717155F-4247-467A-A37D-FF1F34104403@orthanc.ca> <20150102150945.P82172@sola.nimnet.asn.au> Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2015 20:49:47 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: O9PembHuHNz2z2PBPV15h9s-faQ Message-ID: Subject: Re: COMPAT_FREEBSD8 [was: Re: IPSec and racoon issue...] From: Kevin Oberman To: Ian Smith Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 Cc: FreeBSD-STABLE Mailing List , Lyndon Nerenberg , Chris Watson X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 04:49:48 -0000 On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 8:17 PM, Ian Smith wrote: > On Thu, 1 Jan 2015 19:09:44 -0800, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: > > On Jan 1, 2015, at 6:59 PM, Chris Watson wrote: > > > > > I didn't even think to check > > > the kernel. I kept looking at everything else, src, UPDATING, > commits, etc. > > > > sysctl kern.conftxt > > > > is worth memorizing. > > Off your topic, but to aid memorising this, looking at mine on: > FreeBSD x200.smithi.id.au 9.3-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 9.3-PRERELEASE #0: Fri > Nov 14 18:41:59 EST 2014 root@x200.smithi.id.au:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC > amd64 > > options COMPAT_FREEBSD7 > options COMPAT_FREEBSD6 > options COMPAT_FREEBSD5 > options COMPAT_FREEBSD4 > options COMPAT_FREEBSD32 > > Should I be surprised to find no COMPAT_FREEBSD8 ? > > cheers, Ian > Thanks to the magic of symbol versioning, I don't think there has a COMPAT_FREEBSD8 or COMPAT_FREEBSD9. With luck and care, there should never be one again. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer, Retired E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com