Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 21:20:56 -0500 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Xin LI <d@delphij.net> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org, Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net>, Yoshihiro Ota <ota@j.email.ne.jp>, re@freebsd.org, phk@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RFC: Removal of gzip'ed a.out support Message-ID: <CANCZdfp_vzDQm7%2B_%2BH5T4E0RwO7JpBXkZ1--8yJ9XZ_Nw3RdGw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <a641d471-777f-e2fa-779e-75f5147f9894@delphij.net> References: <a641d471-777f-e2fa-779e-75f5147f9894@delphij.net>
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On Mon, Jul 29, 2019, 9:17 PM Xin Li via freebsd-arch < freebsd-arch@freebsd.org> wrote: > Hi, > > As part of the effort of unifying kernel zlib versions, we would like to > propose that the gzip'ed a.out support at: > > https://reviews.freebsd.org/D21099 > > The support was disabled by default in 1999 (FreeBSD 3.0) when we moved > to ELF world. This proposed change will not affect user's ability to > run regular a.out binaries. > It hasn't worked in two decades as far as I know. It is time. Warner >
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