From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 2 17:59:05 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 32A22117 for ; Fri, 2 Jan 2015 17:59:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ig0-x234.google.com (mail-ig0-x234.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c05::234]) (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 DAC0B666B1 for ; Fri, 2 Jan 2015 17:59:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ig0-f180.google.com with SMTP id h15so15812159igd.7 for ; Fri, 02 Jan 2015 09:59:04 -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=qWbIcEXRjLesVWdDOcangFfEb++MdPxNo4S7lZrylVY=; b=Js9QK9qWGhj8INH2p8jMOj4QlIATm36Z+meygaLng6jdOMLPIBXvAkZrqe3hcn62JZ 6AdHYrDq35RzsBBGitUAEpMpF7BgoDqnSdyQNrGCyJBlUVcpJIjmFZbdZvlkW5a1PJLc q4HXaInBhBdSMETmoMQUXHi9/AARQR2x2LMzfFL6S7o7WcglcMLwR02kKshTzUKhlnuI EGyP9+cuyZfanLQeFfTNSzi7S8DeOT6bSpSoUTw4K21x3ullhY6j3U5diooOeEj+VTFV tXHxUrcBo6QFe2ch6jjFpwbrTMxpaEMeQU8c5XGyIzvQFH/ExdrhPpGXN9QCfHbmosp1 PRoA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.42.194.17 with SMTP id dw17mr57806359icb.4.1420221544057; Fri, 02 Jan 2015 09:59:04 -0800 (PST) Sender: kob6558@gmail.com Received: by 10.107.52.19 with HTTP; Fri, 2 Jan 2015 09:59:04 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20150102232655.O82172@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> <54A6820D.503@free.fr> <20150102232655.O82172@sola.nimnet.asn.au> Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 09:59:04 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: vj0Jx2OFNxPy1EbMaYVlqOFRy5c 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: Claude Buisson , FreeBSD-STABLE Mailing List 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 17:59:05 -0000 On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 4:44 AM, Ian Smith wrote: > On Fri, 2 Jan 2015 12:33:33 +0100, Claude Buisson wrote: > > On 01/02/2015 05:49, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > > > > > 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. > > > > Have a look at sys/conf/NOTES in -head, to find: > > > > COMPAT_FREEBSD9 > > COMPAT_FREEBSD10 > > > > added by r273603 on Oct 24 > > > > but no COMPAT_FREEBSD8 > > Interesting, thanks guys. Maybe 8 and 9 come to the same thing in this > respect. FWIW, pascal binaries built on 8.2 i386 run fine on 9.3 amd64, > but mine are just maths and file I/O. Not sure why I was surprised .. > > cheers, Ian > How odd! 10-STABLE has no reference to COMPAT_FREEBSD9. Very few things should need any COMPAT_FREEBSD options. For a long time on 8 and 9 I only needed COMPAT_FREEBSD for a single port. I'll try to take a look at why COMPAT_FREEBSD9 and 10 have been added to head. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer, Retired E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com