From nobody Fri Oct 22 12:05:15 2021 X-Original-To: freebsd-current@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA618181B299 for ; Fri, 22 Oct 2021 12:05:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kostikbel@gmail.com) Received: from kib.kiev.ua (kib.kiev.ua [IPv6:2001:470:d5e7:1::1]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4HbNMr2ML8z3vZN; Fri, 22 Oct 2021 12:05:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kostikbel@gmail.com) Received: from tom.home (kib@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kib.kiev.ua (8.16.1/8.16.1) with ESMTPS id 19MC5F8u076392 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 22 Oct 2021 15:05:19 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from kostikbel@gmail.com) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.10.3 kib.kiev.ua 19MC5F8u076392 Received: (from kostik@localhost) by tom.home (8.16.1/8.16.1/Submit) id 19MC5FNI076391; Fri, 22 Oct 2021 15:05:15 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from kostikbel@gmail.com) X-Authentication-Warning: tom.home: kostik set sender to kostikbel@gmail.com using -f Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2021 15:05:15 +0300 From: Konstantin Belousov To: Julian Elischer Cc: freebsd-current , Julian Elischer Subject: Re: Curious minds .. etc Message-ID: References: <853f9dd2-4a19-7267-4be5-ffa9d6c7659a@freebsd.org> List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-current List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <853f9dd2-4a19-7267-4be5-ffa9d6c7659a@freebsd.org> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00, DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED,FORGED_GMAIL_RCVD,FREEMAIL_FROM, NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.5 (2021-03-20) on tom.home X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4HbNMr2ML8z3vZN X-Spamd-Bar: ---- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[] X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N On Fri, Oct 22, 2021 at 01:07:47AM -0700, Julian Elischer wrote: > Several years ago (OK, maybe 12 years ago) I did an experiment where I > unpacked a > freebsd 1.1 (or maybe 2.0?) image into a subdirectory, and after installing > various > compat packagesand options and a.out support and changing MAX_PID to be > 60000, I was able to > chroot to it and do a "make world". Things were stupidly fast. > > > Has anyone been able to do such a thing in recent years? One wonders what > options one > would need and what the oldest Version we could run in this way was.. Yes, I added support for a.out to amd64, and wrote man page which documents all details that are relevant there, see aout(4).