Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2017 14:55:36 -0700 From: Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org> To: Slawa Olhovchenkov <slw@zxy.spb.ru>, Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> Cc: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-head@freebsd.org" <svn-src-head@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>, Takahashi Yoshihiro <nyan@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r312910 - in head: . etc/etc.pc98 etc/rc.d lib/libsysdecode libexec release release/doc release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/readme release/doc/share/example... Message-ID: <1485986136.3017.89.camel@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20170201215007.GA37974@zxy.spb.ru> References: <201701280222.v0S2MFSR022477@repo.freebsd.org> <3458844.3oruRKbrzH@ralph.baldwin.cx> <20170201103555.GA79121@zxy.spb.ru> <12386326.7GSpFTXsMZ@ralph.baldwin.cx> <20170201170950.GF79121@zxy.spb.ru> <20170201213956.GA3765@lonesome.com> <20170201215007.GA37974@zxy.spb.ru>
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On Thu, 2017-02-02 at 00:50 +0300, Slawa Olhovchenkov wrote: > On Wed, Feb 01, 2017 at 03:39:57PM -0600, Mark Linimon wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Feb 01, 2017 at 08:09:50PM +0300, Slawa Olhovchenkov wrote: > > > > > > Also, I am think current ports don't build on 4.x. > > I will personally guarantee, in writing, that current ports do not > > build > > on 4.x, nor have they done so for years. I personally removed the > > legacy > > cruft when 4.11 finally went EOL. > > > > > > > > I am got complains about using ports on 8.x. > > I am 99% certain that ports will not work on either 8.x or > > 9.x. Legacy > > cruft was removed at the EOL in each of those cases. > > > > Anyone who think that we can support ports on 4.x, 5.x, 6.x, 7.x, > > 8.x, > > 9.x, 10.x, 11.x, and -current, all at the same time, needs to seek > > medical > > attention at once. At the absolute least, that era spans 3 major > > versions > > of make(1) and two completely different package implementations. > I am assume no problem to use new make on old system. > May be posible use pkg too (not sure about pkg requirements to > syscalls). > I can't say anything about 4.x, but I have no problems building current ports on 8.2. I have backported a few crucial changes to make, like handling :tl and :tu, and that's about it. It may not be officially supported, but it's not hard to make it work for those who have a need. I also still support systems that use true ISA-slot hardware, but that doesn't include any storage or network controllers. Mostly the ISA cards are proprietary things, plus one ancient 8-port uart expansion card that amazingly still works and can still be purchased. -- Ian
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