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Date:      Sat, 22 May 1999 02:30:03 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "William R. Somsky" <wrsomsky@halcyon.com>
To:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: bin/11828: Patch for aout "ld.so" difficulties
Message-ID:  <199905220930.CAA33827@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR bin/11828; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "William R. Somsky" <wrsomsky@halcyon.com>
To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@ucb.crimea.ua>
Cc: "William R. Somsky" <wrsomsky@halcyon.com>,
	FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: bin/11828: Patch for aout "ld.so" difficulties
Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 02:18:46 -0700

 On Sat, May 22, 1999 at 10:12:44AM +0300, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
 > Apparently, ld.so will be built and installed during ``make world''
 > if you specify -DWANT_AOUT.
 > 
 > In 3.1, legacy support is built by default, and one needs to specify
 > -DNOAOUT to avoid this.  This has been changed in 3.2:
 > 
 > +------------------
 > | # head /usr/src/UPDATING
 > | Updating Information for FreeBSD current users
 > | 
 > | This file is maintained by imp@village.org.  Please send new entries
 > | directly to him.  See end of file for further details.
 > | 
 > | 19990510:
 > | 	Previously, one would define "NOAOUT" to keep from building
 > | 	the legacy a.out bits.  Now one would define "WANT_AOUT" to
 > | 	build them.
 > +------------------
 
 Ok, I see it now.  But shouldn't COMPAT22 perhaps imply that then?
 Setting COMPAT22 seems to do everything except make ld.so.
 Or should WANT_AOUT be mentioned in /etc/make.conf?
 
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