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Date:      Wed, 22 Mar 2000 17:11:57 -0700 (MST)
From:      Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>
To:        Jean-Marc Zucconi <jmz@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        nate@yogotech.com, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/x11/XFree86-4 Makefile
Message-ID:  <200003230011.RAA14496@nomad.yogotech.com>
In-Reply-To: <200003230000.QAA86836@freefall.freebsd.org>
References:  <200003222156.NAA73678@freefall.freebsd.org> <200003222229.PAA12119@nomad.yogotech.com> <200003230000.QAA86836@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>  >> jmz         2000/03/22 13:56:14 PST
>  >> 
>  >> Modified files:
>  >> x11/XFree86-4        Makefile 
>  >> Log:
>  >> Remove support for building on a.out systems.
> 
>  > Why?  XFree86-4 apparently compiles on a.out systems, as their is a
>  > release for it on their WWW site...
> 
> Yes, but a.out is obsolete :) and the port is more easily maintained (no
> need of extra files in PLIST). Anyway I don't think 2.x systems are
> ``officially'' supported by ports.

That might be, but a.out still has better support for debugging than
ELF, and no-one seems interested/capable of looking into why certain
debugging operations won't work on ELF systems. :(



Nate


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