Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 22:47:16 +0200 From: Pav Lucistnik <pav@FreeBSD.org> To: "Andrew P." <infofarmer@gmail.com> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org, tim@bishnet.net Subject: Re: misc/dnetc and compat Message-ID: <1130618836.50254.7.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <cb5206420510291341s2ad196b7gdf28cbda351ea847@mail.gmail.com> References: <cb5206420510291341s2ad196b7gdf28cbda351ea847@mail.gmail.com>
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--=-Cr6J02ofjCVDuITV1ROr Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Andrew P. p=ED=B9e v ne 30. 10. 2005 v 00:41 +0400: > There's a situation with misc/dnetc. >=20 > It is a closed-source port, compiled for 4.11. Those > who wish to run it on 5.x must have > COMPAT_FREEBSD4 option compiled in their kernel, > otherwise they'll get a bad syscall and a core dump. >=20 > Some time ago I filed a bug report for that > (http://bugs.distributed.net/show_bug.cgi?id=3D3875) > and a developer compiled a version for 5.x. It is > available from this page: >=20 > http://distributed.net/download/prerelease.php > http://http.distributed.net/pub/dcti/prerelease/rc/dnetc496-freebsd5-x86-= elf.tar.gz > ftp://ftp.distributed.net/pub/dcti/prerelease/rc/dnetc496-freebsd5-x86-el= f.tar.gz >=20 > Therefore, to use these compiled binaries, we can: >=20 > * install it automatically for 5.3 or higher > * introduce some option for it > * introduce a new port, something like dnetc-devel >=20 > Personally, I like the first option. >=20 > What do you think? Yes, modify the port to install one binary on 4.X and another on 5.X/6.X --=20 Pav Lucistnik <pav@oook.cz> <pav@FreeBSD.org> The answer to the all-encompassing question on life, the universe and everything: close windows and reboot. --=-Cr6J02ofjCVDuITV1ROr Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBDY9/UntdYP8FOsoIRAmf4AJwOFbV9lIbNX/bPvuUwCaXoZU7YFgCcD0aI pz5lhj1ZBTBdY8V72+efpiQ= =r8BL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-Cr6J02ofjCVDuITV1ROr--
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