Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 20:00:35 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Wes Morgan <morganw@chemikals.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: COMPAT_FREEBSDn Message-ID: <20090425180035.GA87140@owl.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0904251221410.45295@ibyngvyr.purzvxnyf.bet> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0904251221410.45295@ibyngvyr.purzvxnyf.bet>
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On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 12:25:28PM -0500, Wes Morgan wrote:
> The various COMPAT_FREEBSDn options are part of generic, but are they
> needed for most users? Do they enable some structures or interfaces that
> some userland programs still expect, or is it safe to disable them
> assuming that I don't need to run binaries from older systems?
If you are sure that you will never need to run binaries compiled for older
systems, then the COMPAT_FREEBSD{4,5,6} options should be quite safe to
remove.
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Erik Trulsson
ertr1013@student.uu.se
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