In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Steve Kargl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: : Maybe I misunderstand you. But, a person running FreeBSD 5.x, : who wants to runs this vendor's 4.x software, will need to : build their libc with WANT_COMPAT4_STDIO defined if this : product needs to see __sF.
All that kludge does is to allow a program that shouldn't be allowed to link to link. You need to setup to compile 4.x binaries on the 5.x machine, or you will lose in the long run. __sF is only the first of many issues, some subtle, that you'll face cross-threading 4.x and 5.x libraries. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message