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Date:      Tue, 20 Oct 1998 20:57:20 +0100
From:      Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>
To:        Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
Cc:        Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>, Eric Ken Lin <elin@orion.ac.hmc.edu>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Help! I'm having ELF interpreter problems 
Message-ID:  <199810201957.UAA02437@woof.lan.awfulhak.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 20 Oct 1998 09:28:24 PDT." <Pine.BSF.4.03.9810200927500.6354-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> 

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> On Sat, 17 Oct 1998, Brian Somers wrote:
> 
> > > Don't download ports from ports/, use ports-stable/.
> > > 
> > > The ports/ ports are ELFed for 3.0.
> > 
> > They should continue to work for pre-3.0-RELEASE systems though.
> 
> I've run into ports that aren't backwards-compatible, I think.  If you
> want an example I'll try to find one.

Definitely... 

There was a BROKEN_ELF variable added for builds, but no BROKEN_AOUT 
specifically because an Elf patch should never break for a.out.

> Doug White                               
> Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
> http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | www.freebsd.org

-- 
Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <brian@OpenBSD.org>
      <http://www.Awfulhak.org>;
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....



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