Date: Thu, 09 Dec 1999 11:36:35 +0100 From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@scc.nl> To: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: why 'The legacy aout build' was removed from current ? Message-ID: <384F8633.F40337BC@scc.nl> References: <19991209163452O.shigeru@iij.ad.jp>, <199912090800.RAA01655@tomoyo.snipe.rim.or.jp>
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Motoyuki Konno wrote: > I also wonder why a.out support was removed from -current. a.out support has not been removed. We just don't do any legacy a.out building. > I think we don't need "a.out world" any more, but a.out support > (a.out lib/shared lib, etc.) is still needed. For this, the proper compat distribution should/can be installed. > Some commercial > programs such as Netscape are in a.out only, so we still have to > make a.out binaries. No, we only have to *run* them. This we do. If Netscape were to compile on -current, they would have an ELF version... > 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 :-) -- Marcel Moolenaar mailto:marcel@scc.nl SCC Internetworking & Databases http://www.scc.nl/ The FreeBSD project mailto:marcel@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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