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Date:      Sat, 26 Sep 1998 21:10:42 -0700
From:      "David O'Brien" <obrien@NUXI.com>
To:        John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Finding a.out shared libraries (was: Netscape no longer works with ELF system)
Message-ID:  <19980926211042.B23451@nuxi.com>
In-Reply-To: <199809270410.OAA22568@cimlogic.com.au>; from John Birrell on Sun, Sep 27, 1998 at 02:10:36PM %2B1000
References:  <19980926205749.A23451@nuxi.com> <199809270410.OAA22568@cimlogic.com.au>

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> When aout is no longer in use, it can be pruned. Once the executable format
> is changed, and the old format dropped, what are you trying to keep
> compatibility with? At some point you have to let go of the past.

Programs I compiled back in 2.x that I don't have source for anymore.
We can never drop support for runing a.out binaries.
 
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-- David    (obrien@NUXI.ucdavis.edu  -or-  obrien@FreeBSD.org)

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