Re: another i386 flag day

[Eduardo Augusto Alvarenga <eduardo-dated-1052594460.dfa3ef@thrx.dyndns.org>]

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On Mon, 5 May 2003, Theo de Raadt wrote:

> when we designed the i386 W^X stuff, dale and i made a little
> mistake.
>
> there's a better way which I call 512m high program mapping.
> anyways, the result of this is that people need to re-upgrade if they
> are running i386 snap, to a new i386 snap that goes out soon.  the
> binary file format has changed again, and not all old binaries will
> run.
>
> so you can do this with new /bsd.rd, boot it, and upgrade.
>
> that's going out the door today.

Will I have to rebuild all the third-party software compiled in ports?
What is the main difference between the old and the new binary file
format?


Best Regards,

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