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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: compat1x and compat20 failed during install - HELP
Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 11:30:30 -0700
Organization: Walnut Creek CDROM
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To: Takafumi Kamiya <takakami@ix.netcom.com>

Takafumi Kamiya wrote:
> What are these?  Do I need them?  How can I put them after the fact?

The compat1x and compat20 dists are for backwards-compatibility with
binaries from 1x and 2.0,respectively.  I doubt you'll need either,
unless you run an older version of X Inside's product or something.
-- 
- Jordan Hubbard
  President, FreeBSD Project