compat{4,5}x

[Brooks Davis]

On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 04:42:53PM -0300, Marcus Alves Grando wrote:
> Hi list,
> 
> Please look my message to portmgr@ about compat{4,5}x ports.
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: compat5x
> Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 14:35:43 -0400
> From: Kris Kennaway <kris at obsecurity.org>
> To: Marcus Alves Grando <mnag at FreeBSD.org>
> CC: portmgr at FreeBSD.org
> References: <44317910.7060809 at FreeBSD.org>
> 
> On Mon, Apr 03, 2006 at 04:35:44PM -0300, Marcus Alves Grando wrote:
> > Portmgr's
> > 
> > After migrate two servers from 5.x to 6.x, i produce this patch [1].
> > This patch fix rcorder to start compat5x before programs compiled in
> > 5.x. Another point is turn "YES" by default in compat5x. I think if user
> > install compat5x that's because he's need.
> >
> > Another option is use misc/ldconfig_compat in compat5x.
> > 
> > What portmgr's thinking about this changes?
> 
> I agree that compatNx ports should be enabled automatically.  I don't
> know about rcorder issues; please discuss them with the freebsd-rc
> list.

misc/ldconfig_compat should be used.  These sorts of scripts should just
die for a number of reasons including the fact that rc.d scripts aren't
supposted to start by default.

-- Brooks

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