I see.

I noticed that other Free distributions of BSD come with installable
compatability libraries so that a new system may run packages from ALL old
versions of the OS.

Am curious if OpenBSD has similar installable compatability libraries.

Thanks...

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Ted Unangst wrote:

> On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, M. K. wrote:
>
> > What are the implications and requirements of installing a package from
> > 3.3 onto a 2.8 system?
>
> supporting libraries.
>
> > What are the implications and requirements of installing a package from
> > 2.8 onto a 3.3 system?
>
> supporting libraries.
>
> better answer: don't do it. it hasn't been designed to work, and
> certainly nobody has tested it to work.
>
> --
> "I read a funny story about how the Republicans freed the slaves.
> The Republicans are the ones who created slavery by law in the
> 1600's. Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves and he was not a
> Republican."
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