Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 5 Feb 1999 12:35:08 -0500 (EST) | From | "Mark H. Wood" <> | Subject | Re: Kernel interface changes (was Re: cdrecord problems on |
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On Thu, 4 Feb 1999, Stephen Harris wrote: > In a recent message, Alan Cox said: > > If you want to make this work even better run a lot of 2.0 binaries on 2.2, > > check they all still work. If not find out why. Similarly people should be > > I don't understand why Linux is taking so much flack here. Going from 2.0 > to 2.2 is a MAJOR CHANGE. Hell, even Solaris 2.4 programs don't run properly > under Solaris 2.6 (and not even under 2.5.1 - try out the Lotus Notes 4.0 > client, for example).
Just because they couldn't do it doesn't mean it can't (or shouldn't) be done. I knew people who had binaries compiled on VMS V1.x that still ran on V5 or V6. We ran V4.4 through V6.0 here and I don't recall *ever* having to recompile *anything* to keep it working. I still miss that kind of stability.
-- Mark H. Wood, Lead System Programmer mwood@IUPUI.Edu Innovation is only valuable if it improves one's life; otherwise it's just one more silly change to cope with.
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