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From: g89r4222@kudu.ru.ac.za (Geoff Rehmet)
Subject: Re: [q] Why (Free & Net)BSD use different binaries?
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References: <CL7tvx.A74@news.cis.umn.edu> <2jotfv$irj@homer.cs.mcgill.ca> <JKH.94Feb15192206@whisker.hubbard.ie> <1994Feb16.095356.4136@paramount.nikhefk.nikhef.nl>
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 1994 12:26:56 GMT
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In <1994Feb16.095356.4136@paramount.nikhefk.nikhef.nl> eloy@paramount.nikhefk.nikhef.nl (Eloy Domingos) writes:
>jkh@whisker.hubbard.ie (Jordan K. Hubbard) writes:
>It turns out to be quite complicated (understandable) to upgrade
>because of the changed binary format.
;-) I even had problems recompiling -current after I had been away for 2
months - shows how quickly things move .....
>It would be nice if of FreeBSD-current not only a sourcetree would be exported
>but also a binary distribution since this upgrade is not easy, but the
>improvements (shared libraries) are very worthwhile.
Unfortunately this isn't all that feasible, since -current changes on a
continuous basis - freefall is updated once a day - so it would be a
full-time job for someone to provide a binary distrib. Besides -current
should not be regarded as released software.
Don't worry - I think that everyone who has fiddled with -current has
landed up with burnt fingers at some time or another ;-)
Geoff.
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