> * De: David O'Brien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [ Data: 2002-09-02 ] > [ Subjecte: Re: aout support broken in gcc3 ] > > On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 01:24:19PM -0400, Matthew Emmerton wrote: > > > I thought it was part of the plan to drop all traces of a.out support in > > > 5.x. Am I wrong? > > > > We should be *very* careful to accurately describe what is being > > suggested. > > > > I believe it is that 5.x a.out binaries not be supported. However, 2.x > > a.out binaries will be supported. This is different thatn "drop all > > traces of a.out support". > > I *hope* nobody is suggesting to rip out the ability to use compat22, let > alone the a.out execution facilities in the Kernel. Though maybe making > those optional would be good?
Sorry, I didn't mean what I said. I meant what Juli suggested (support for compat2x) but removing native 5.x support for a.out, which will help "clean up" some things in the tools chain. -- Matt Emmerton To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
