On 3/3/12 5:13 AM, Robert Huff wrote: > deeptech71_at_gmail.com writes: > >> I always had the impression that using an older world with a more >> recent kernel is almost always supported, and the exceptional >> cases are noted in the UPDATING file, as a quote shows: "User >> utilities using SIOCAIFADDR, SIOCAIFADDR_IN6, e.g. ifconfig(8), >> need to be recompiled.". > One wonders where you got this impression, because I have > always had pretty much the opposite - or at least the "correct > operation where running world not matched to running kernel is > presumed unlikely until proven otherwise" version. > (Yes, it often works ... except when it doesn't.) generally we support an older world with a newer kernel. We actually rely on that during upgrade.. The threading library can have some dependencies, but in this case I think it was just that a bug was fixed in the userland library. > Respectfully, > > > Robert Huff > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe_at_freebsd.org" >Received on Sun Mar 04 2012 - 05:32:48 UTC
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