Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 14:32:05 +1000 (EST) From: John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au> To: bruce@zuhause.mn.org (Bruce Albrecht) Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP: 3 days to E-day Message-ID: <199808290432.OAA18168@cimlogic.com.au> In-Reply-To: <13799.28210.383461.909654@zuhause.zuhause.mn.org> from Bruce Albrecht at "Aug 28, 98 10:04:14 pm"
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Bruce Albrecht wrote: > I'm a -current user because I have an SMP machine, but I haven't > upgraded since before the intermediate ELF changes moved the aout > versions to /usr/lib/aout. After E-day occurs, what will users see > when upgrading to a current -current? Will /usr/lib contain elf > format libraries, and /usr/lib/aout contain a.out format libraries for > compatibility? Yes, provided that you go though the aout-to-elf upgrade procedure. If you don't use the upgrade procedure, you won't get any of the elf bits, but the aout libraries will be in /usr/lib/aout (and you will have to manually delete the older aout libraries left in /usr/lib). > When 3.0 is released in October, will it only have elf > libraries, and no a.out format libraries? No. 3.0 will be shipped with aout tools and libraries too. I expect that what you see after upgrading will be what gets shipped. The only thing that might be changed for the release is the default object format which is currently aout. My preference is that 3.0-RELEASE has OBJFORMAT=elf as the default. -- John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org http://www.cimlogic.com.au/ CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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