Re: Disabling COMPAT_FREEBSD4/5/6/7/9 in default kernel configurations

Jan Martin Mikkelsen <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.architechture
Message-ID <[email protected]> 
> On 11. May 2024, at 01:38, [email protected] wrote:

> In my opinion, if all goes well, it may be wise to remove the old code in the next major version. Could do the full list, or just FreeBSD 4 and 5 compatibility, for instance. Barring notable negative feedback, of course.

There are many reasons for running old binaries. Removing old code is obviously a Bad Idea™.

For example, the last FreeBSD version of p4d (the Perforce server) is compiled for FreeBSD 10. I know there have been cases where I have found it useful to run old binaries for many different reasons.

Regards,

Jan M.
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