Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 22:54:04 -0700 From: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> To: current@freebsd.org Subject: HEADS UP: a.out support in base tree moving to ports Message-ID: <20020917055404.816D62A7D6@canning.wemm.org>
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As threatened before 3.0-RELEASE, the deprecated a.out bits have been (mostly) surgically removed. OK, so we threatened to do it right after 4.0-RELEASE and it's a bit late, but it has finally been done. The first stages of moving them to self contained ports has begun. The toolchain components and a gcc configured to avoid triggering the bugs and quirks in the old assembler and linker will make up the packages. We do have a few remnants left (a.out parts of ldd, ldconfig etc as well as some includes) but they'll be rounded up and packaged up as a standalone package over the next few weeks. Note: kernel support for executing a.out binaries remains in the base system. Be sure to either specify 'options COMPAT_AOUT', or do a 'kldload aout' to load it at runtime if you forgot to include it. Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@wemm.org; peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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