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> > An X3323alib.tgz tarball could be added with the a.out libraries
> > (should it contain static libs as well as shared libs?).
> > 
> > Or should the current a.out binaries in the FreeBSD-3.0 directory simply
> > be replaced with ELF ones?
> 
> alib should only be a.out shared libs.  Once the move to ELF is made, we
> don't support building an a.out binary any longer.  Thus no need for
> a.out static libs.

Except for the 2.2 branch, which will be around for a while longer....


Nate

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