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Date:      Thu, 20 Aug 1998 11:20:26 +1000 (EST)
From:      John Birrell  <jb@cimlogic.com.au>
To:        asami@FreeBSD.ORG (Satoshi Asami)
Cc:        ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: rayshade port
Message-ID:  <199808200120.LAA04168@cimlogic.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <199808200052.RAA01220@bubble.didi.com> from Satoshi Asami at "Aug 19, 98 05:52:51 pm"

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Satoshi Asami wrote:
> For the former, we should hash it out before the switch is thrown, of
> course.  (I think moving them to subdirectories is good enough.)  For
> the latter, we need time before the release to fix them, and that's
> why I'm hoping the transition is soon.

The "planned" date is Sept 1. This leaves 6 weeks for working the bogons
out before the release of 3.0.

> Remember, we need to support both a.out (2.2*) and ELF systems for
> quite a while, so our transition is not going to be very easy
> either. :<

FWIW, I have sucessfully upgraded both a 2.2.5 and 2.2.6 system to
current with a single make. Now I need to make up a test case to see
what happens to ports. Can you suggest a few ports that contain all
the issues that need to be addressed? I'm aware of the ldconfig issue
in bsd.port.mk.

-- 
John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org http://www.cimlogic.com.au/
CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137

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