> 
> There are a handful of programs that might not work with an upgraded
> kernel (some of the nfs programs fit in this category, and anything that
> grovels through the kernel for things and relies on the kernel and the
> user program having the same view of data structures--like w, ps, netstat,
> etc.  A common denominator is that all of these programs use libkvm).
> Everything else should be fine using old binaries on a new system.
> 
> -allen

Then how about creating another tar-file besides the regular ones, which
contains only these kernel dependent files? It would really reduce the
cost of downloading ...

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