On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 09:42:52AM +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On Thu, Jun 03, 2004 at 03:52:40AM -0400, Reed L. O'Brien wrote: > > what if I don't compile FreeBSD4 into the FreeBSD5 kernel? > > do I wind up with problems in the ports?? > > That's not a kernel option. remember that FreeBSD has an integrated > kernel and system -- shlibs, standard applications -- and that for > best results you need to compile both of them (from the same set of > sources).
Actually I think he's talking about COMPAT_FREEBSD4. This should only be needed if you want to run 4.x binaries. Kris
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