Subject: Re: -current on sun3 after signal changes - ready?
To: Erik E. Fair <fair@clock.org>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-sun3
Date: 10/10/1998 16:17:57
On Sat, 10 Oct 1998 15:37:54 -0700
"Erik E. Fair" <fair@clock.org> wrote:
Perhaps you could litter the signal code with printfs? I dunno, all
of my old m68k binaries work fine w/ 68020 and 68040 systems.
> I get no joy with a GENERIC kernel, either.
>
> Just to review: I'm trying to boot and run a -current kernel on an older
> userland (prior to the signal changes), with the intent of recompiling the
> userland too. However, new kernels appear not to be backward compatible
> with old userlands as they (I thought) were supposed to be: things die and
> leave .core turds all over the place, even static binaries like shells. The
> files in /bin are all dated September 10th, which predates the signal
> changes.
>
> So, what's up with that?
>
> Erik
>
>
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