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. -- -- David (obrien@NUXI.ucdavis.edu -or- obrien@FreeBSD.org) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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