Subject: Re: NOTICE: i386 port switched to ELF binary format
To: None <frank@wins.uva.nl>
From: Takahiro Kambe <taca@sky.yamashina.kyoto.jp>
List: current-users
Date: 07/05/1999 21:55:40
In message <199907050942.LAA00110@mail.wins.uva.nl>
	on Mon, 5 Jul 1999 11:42:29 +0200 (MET DST),
	frank@wins.uva.nl (Frank van der Linden) wrote:
> I have switched the i386 port to ELF. People running -current should
Great.

> be aware that ELF is now the default binary format, so you'll have
> to deal with this after you next updated your sources and want to
> recompile your system.
Is there any way to use AOUT format?


> You can do it by hand, but I won't recommend that. The easier way is to
> use the snapshot in /pub/NetBSD/arch/i386/snapshot/07041999 on
> ftp.netbsd.org (and its mirrors soon). This snapshot also contains
...
> Short upgrade procedure:
How do I upgrade by compiling sources, without getting snapshot?

Thanks in advise.

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Takahiro Kambe <taca@sky.yamashina.kyoto.jp>