Re: COMPAT_FREEBSDn

From: Garrett Cooper <yanefbsd_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:05:24 -0700
On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 1:36 AM, Rainer Hurling <rhurlin_at_gwdg.de> wrote:
> For example if you are using x11/nvidia-driver you have to install
> misc/compat5x for the binary part of the driver. There may be some more
> ports like this.
>
> Rainer Hurling
>
>
> On 25.04.2009 19:25 (UTC+2), 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?

There are a few ports, but they're low in rank.

compat4x is essentially useless with all that I've seen, but other
apps in the ports I've seen require compat5x (nvidia-driver, perforce,
etc)...

Cheers,
-Garrett
Received on Mon Apr 27 2009 - 01:05:25 UTC

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