amd64 and FreeBSD 5.2.1

[Steve Kargl]

On Fri, Jan 14, 2005 at 06:29:30PM -0800, Medi Montaseri wrote:
> 
> Hi....I am having some problem  porting my app to FreeBSD 5.2.1 on a 
> amd64 and am wondering about the state of 5.2.1 before I dive into 
> debugging....
> FYI...my app works fine on 64 bit linux.
> 
> My concerns are:
> 
> 1- http://www.freebsd.org/releng/#schedule describes 5.2.1 as
>   "FreeBSD 5.2 / 5.2.1 security fix branch (not officially supported)."
>   What do you mean by "not supported"....should I use 5.3

"not supported" means that if you have problems, then update
to 5.3; otherwise don't expect help.

> 
> 2- I do'nt see gdb(1) on the 5.2.1 ISOs. Was this never ported ? 

gdb is the debugger in 5.3.

>   I have found gdb-6 but that requires libm.so.3 which is not available on 
>   5.2.1....

Install 5.3.

>   stopped there as I was getting into pre-req recursive rat hole...
>   If gdb was not made available, should I interpret this as 5.2.1 is not a 
>   formal release?

Yes.

> 4- My motherboard is actually a dual CPU using Intel EM64T (Extended 
> Memory) but uname -m shows amd64.....I hope this ok...

Yes.

> I've seen some conversations on ld-elf.so.1 available at
> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2004-February/021414.html
> Where Kenneth Merry at FreeBSD org concludes...

A year old discussion is probably not relevant here.

Do yourself a big favor and upgrade to 5.3.

-- 
Steve