Motoyuki Konno wrote: > I also wonder why a.out support was removed from -current. a.out support has not been removed. We just don't do any legacy a.out building. > I think we don't need "a.out world" any more, but a.out support > (a.out lib/shared lib, etc.) is still needed. For this, the proper compat distribution should/can be installed. > Some commercial > programs such as Netscape are in a.out only, so we still have to > make a.out binaries. No, we only have to *run* them. This we do. If Netscape were to compile on -current, they would have an ELF version... > Please see Netscape plugin port (ports/www/flashplugin) to find > out why we still have to need a.out support. The port has nothing to do with building a legacy a.out world and consequently works fine (yes, I tested it :-) -- Marcel Moolenaar mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] SCC Internetworking & Databases http://www.scc.nl/ The FreeBSD project mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
- Re: Flash (was: Re: Sound card support) Reinier Bezuidenhout
- Re: Flash (was: Re: Sound card suppo... Amancio Hasty
- Re: why 'The legacy aout build' was removed from... Sheldon Hearn
- Re: why 'The legacy aout build' was removed ... David O'Brien
- Re: why 'The legacy aout build' was remo... Garrett Wollman
- Re: why 'The legacy aout build' was removed from... Marcel Moolenaar
- Re: why 'The legacy aout build' was removed ... Andrzej Bialecki
- Re: why 'The legacy aout build' was remo... Marcel Moolenaar
- Re: why 'The legacy aout build' was ... Andrzej Bialecki
- Re: why 'The legacy aout build'... Marcel Moolenaar
- Re: why 'The legacy aout build' was removed from... Marcel Moolenaar
- Re: why 'The legacy aout build' was removed ... Annelise Anderson
- Re: why 'The legacy aout build' was removed from... Daniel C. Sobral
- Re: why 'The legacy aout build' was removed ... Chuck Robey
- Re: why 'The legacy aout build' was remo... Daniel C. Sobral
- Re: why 'The legacy aout build' was ... Chuck Robey
- Re: why 'The legacy aout build' was removed from curr... Marcel Moolenaar