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Date:      Fri, 15 Oct 2004 22:48:33 -0600 (MDT)
From:      "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org
Cc:        cvs-all@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/lib/compat/compat4x.alpha libc.so.4.bz2.uu libc_r.so.4.bz2.uu libhistory.so.4.bz2.uu libm.so.2.bz2.uu libopie.so.2.bz2.uu libpcap.so.2.bz2.uu libperl.so.3.bz2.uu libreadline.so.4.bz2.uu
Message-ID:  <20041015.224833.66757498.imp@bsdimp.com>
In-Reply-To: <20041016113048M.matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org>
References:  <20041003004611E.matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org> <20041013195615.GC90229@dragon.nuxi.com> <20041016113048M.matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org>

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In message: <20041016113048M.matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org>
            Makoto Matsushita <matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org> writes:
: Speaking about 'compat libs,' how do we supply older libraries that is
: in /lib?  Make a directory /lib/compat (or whereever in /), or ...?

I'd think that /usr/lib/compat would be sufficient for them.  After
all, they are only in /lib so that we can have a dynamic root.  Once
we upgrade, other things linked with them needn't get it off of root
since we generally don't install ports into /.

Warner



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