OOo-1.1.4 for FreeBSD.4x?

[Bartosz Fabianowski]

> What I don't quite understand is what might break by using
> the rtld patch ... the OO build? or might it interfere with the
> running and/or building of other ports/programs?

Technically, nothing should break. For all the applications that worked before, rtld should behave just like it did. Only in the case that there is no _end symbol, rtld now should work whereas before, it barfed. But if something happens to go wrong - that is, if the patch has some unexpected side effect and misbehaves somewhere, this could well break your other apps, because the dynamic linker is such an important part of the system.

However, the patch has been in 4-STABLE since 25th February and in DragonflyBSD CVS since 4th February and nobody seems to have complained so far. So, your chances of this working are good - but if all hell breaks lose and your system stops working, don't say you haven't been warned ;).

- Bartosz