Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1999 15:06:20 +0100 (CET) From: Andrzej Bialecki <abial@webgiro.com> To: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@scc.nl> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: why 'The legacy aout build' was removed from current ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.20.9912091504580.70874-100000@mx.webgiro.com> In-Reply-To: <384FB348.2AABDE76@scc.nl>
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On Thu, 9 Dec 1999, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > Andrzej Bialecki wrote: > > > > On Thu, 9 Dec 1999, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > > > > > > Please see Netscape plugin port (ports/www/flashplugin) to find > > > > out why we still have to need a.out support. > > > > > > The port has nothing to do with building a legacy a.out world and > > > consequently works fine (yes, I tested it :-) > > > > Not really. You have to have a.out crt0.o and friends to be able to link > > it. You probably have some old versions around in your system, but they > > are not built by "world" target. Hence, they are not a part of binary > > distrib. > > Yes, I have c++rt0.o in /usr/lib/aout. If I didn't have it, I would be > given directions on how to get it (from the port): > > 1. extract /usr/src/lib (distribution files: src/slib.??) > 2. cd /usr/src/lib/csu/i386 > 3. make depend > 4. make OBJFORMAT=aout clean all install True. But this adds a dependency for this port on the src/lib tree. I was thinking about average people that have binary distribution + kernel sources. They are screwed. Andrzej Bialecki // <abial@webgiro.com> WebGiro AB, Sweden (http://www.webgiro.com) // ------------------------------------------------------------------- // ------ FreeBSD: The Power to Serve. http://www.freebsd.org -------- // --- Small & Embedded FreeBSD: http://www.freebsd.org/~picobsd/ ---- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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