Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 12:09:49 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Needed: compat5x package Message-ID: <20050819160949.GA29051@xor.obsecurity.org>
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--7AUc2qLy4jB3hD7Z Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline One important thing that was a factor in the extension of the ports freeze is the need for a compat5x package that contains the 5.x libraries needed for binary compatibility on FreeBSD 6.0 and above. Some ports depend on this since they contain FreeBSD 5.x binaries, and users will need it for compatibility with their old 5.4 binaries. We need to have this in place in time for the next BETA, so that it can be well tested prior to the release. Someone else had promised to do this a month ago, but then neglected to produce a result, and re@ has been unable to work on this problem too. Can someone please volunteer to work on this? The compat4x port should be a useful starting point for this - you could fetch the library "sources" by downloading the appropriate 5.4-RELEASE tarballs. Of course, this will be needed for all FreeBSD 5.4 architectures. Thanks, Kris --7AUc2qLy4jB3hD7Z Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDBgRNWry0BWjoQKURAlrtAKDDUZVnT1BTE4YqDDAQOt6gMOPFTQCg5L0A g5aJn7G5OFizu7KK1Ms3NQk= =yBPU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --7AUc2qLy4jB3hD7Z--
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