Rob <spamrefuse_at_yahoo.com> writes: > The upcoming 5.3 stable kernel configuration has the option > COMPAT_FREEBSD4. What is the consequence of not having this > in the kernel? Quite a few FreeBSD 4.x binaries will fail to run. This probably includes most non-Linux binary-only ports (e.g. www/opera) > If I install 5.3 from scratch on my system and compile all > software from scratch, will I run into trouble without the > option COMPAT_FREEBSD4 in the kernel? Probably not. > What is the connection between this kernal option and > the port misc/compat4x ? The ports installs FreeBSD 4.x versions of various system libraries which FreeBSD 4.x binaries may or may not need. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - des_at_des.noReceived on Mon Oct 25 2004 - 11:54:13 UTC
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