Date: Mon, 8 Jul 1996 15:49:35 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: gpalmer@freebsd.org (Gary Palmer) Cc: terry@lambert.org, ALHACK@am.pnu.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. Caldera Linux Message-ID: <199607082249.PAA22765@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199607061154.MAA21585@palmer.demon.co.uk> from "Gary Palmer" at Jul 6, 96 12:54:00 pm
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> > > No, I don't think it should go in ... full elf support makes quite a > > > few changes in the system, and the latest -current linux emulator even > > > more (and that is needed if you want to run quake). So it's a no-go, > > > not this close to a release. > > > Well, then I'll call it a mistake to have not considered it before > > it was this close to release... 8-(. [ ... ] > See the number of non-linux related files touched? Since then there > have been countless bug fixes for various aspects of the `emulator', > and with the different VM (etc) structures in -current and -stable, I > wouldn't have recommended anyone try back-porting this. How many non-linux related files were touched for other features that changed between 2.1R and 2.1.5? I don't think a "weight of printout" argument is really applicable in this case. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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