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 Yes, but a.out is obsolete :) and the port is more easily maintained (no 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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