On Wed, Jan 2, 2019 at 5:02 PM Robert Huff <roberthuff_at_rcn.com> wrote: > > John Baldwin writes: > > > - [8] In order to have a kernel that can run the 4.x binaries needed > to > > - do an installworld, you must include the COMPAT_FREEBSD4 option in > > - your kernel. Failure to do so may leave you with a system that is > > - hard to boot to recover. A similar kernel option COMPAT_FREEBSD5 is > > - required to run the 5.x binaries on more recent kernels. And so on > > - for COMPAT_FREEBSD6 and COMPAT_FREEBSD7. > > + [8] The new kernel must be able to run existing binaries used by > > + an installworld. When upgrading across major versions, the new > > + kernel's configuration must include the correct COMPAT_FREEBSD<n> > > + option for existing binaries (e.g. COMPAT_FREEBSD11 to run 11.x > > + binaries). Failure to do so may leave you with a system that is > > + hard to boot to recover. A GENERIC kernel will include suitable > > + compatibility options to run binaries from older branches. > > Maybe not perfect, but _much_ better. > Thanks. > > > Respectfully, > > > Robert Huff > Some ports may require compat ports. E.g. plexmediaserver requires compat9x. Oddly, compat9x requires compat10x, so I need 9, 10, and 11. Now that 10 is EOL, I wish Plex would start building their blobs against 11. -- Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer E-mail: rkoberman_at_gmail.com PGP Fingerprint: D03FB98AFA78E3B78C1694B318AB39EF1B055683Received on Fri Jan 04 2019 - 05:40:23 UTC
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