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To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Warning of incompatibility
From: "Russ Cox" <rsc@swtch.com>
Date: Thu,  6 Apr 2006 04:02:11 -0500
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> Then, in the last few days, all binaries on the fileserver were
> "pulled" from "sources", presumably in line with the updated C
> compilers, if there was any announcement made as to any other reason
> for a system-wide recompilation, I missed it (9fans would benefit from
> an -announce list, I think; I'm willing to volunteer a
> majordomo/mailman server I have authority over, if so desired).

Everything got recompiled because a handful of
common library routines got tweaked (e.g., malloc),
which changed most binaries in the system.
(Everything gets recompiled multiple times per day,
but the new binaries are only installed if they're different.)

> Evidently, the new binaries are incompatible with oldish versions even
> of 4ed Plan 9 kernels.  In addition to incompatible binaries, the

I can't imagine why this would be the case.  You did not say
what the symptoms of the incompatibilities were.

Also, if you want a 9load with no ethernet drivers you can
just use /386/9loadlite.

Russ