Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 22:32:32 -0500 From: "Brian Haskin" <bhaskin@geocities.com> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> Cc: <current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: New aout-to-elf build failures. Message-ID: <000001be346e$3365a960$0b00000a@brianjr.haskin.org> In-Reply-To: <13301.915070973@zippy.cdrom.com>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Jordan K. Hubbard > Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 1998 9:23 PM > To: John Birrell > Cc: Jaye Mathisen; current@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: New aout-to-elf build failures. > [SNIP] > Seems I "broke" both libdisk and disklabel in the process, but this > only underscores an important point which I've already made to core, > and that's that we can't really stay "dual headed" like this for much > longer if we don't wish to slowly accumulate cruft which is there for > no other purpose than to keep 3.0/a.out systems alive. On January > 6th, I think we're going to throw the switch completely to ELF and > start recommending certain procedures to existing -current folks who > haven't willingly crossed the divide yet. > [SNIP] Ok, as I'm not and haven't done any of the work I certainly don't have any say, but just to add something that you might want to consider. I've been thinking that it would be nice if the aout to elf build would be supported till a little after the branch split. This would allow people following stable the option of source upgrades the whole way through. But maybe this adds to much "cruft" to the start of the new stable branch? Brian Haskin haskin@ptway.com Home page: http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/4333/ Always remember money is simply a level of indirection. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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