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1.1       root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California.
                      2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
                      3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
                      4: .\"
                      5: .\"    @(#)old.8       4.1 (Berkeley) 4/27/85
                      6: .\"
                      7: .TH OLD 8 "4/1/81"
                      8: .UC 4
                      9: .SH NAME
                     10: old \- directory of old programs
                     11: .SH SYNOPSIS
                     12: .B /usr/old/bin
                     13: .br
                     14: .B /usr/old/include
                     15: .br
                     16: .B /usr/old/lib
                     17: .sp
                     18: .B /usr/old/cc \-I/usr/old/include
                     19: \&...
                     20: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     21: After the 3rd Berkeley Distribution,
                     22: the formats for binary and archive files were changed.
                     23: The binaries were modified to allow arbitrary length symbols,
                     24: which required adding a string table
                     25: at the end of the symbol table,
                     26: and having symbol table entries point into the names in that table.
                     27: The archive was modified to be a portable format,
                     28: using strings instead of binary numbers,
                     29: to avoid problems of different sizes of integers
                     30: on different machines.
                     31: These changes are incompatible with
                     32: older formats.
                     33: .PP
                     34: .B /usr/old
                     35: is the root of a hierarchy of
                     36: binaries,
                     37: include files,
                     38: and libraries
                     39: in the old
                     40: binary and archive formats.
                     41: They contain a complete set of programs and files
                     42: necessary for people
                     43: who need to deal
                     44: with the original \s-2UNIX\s+2
                     45: formats.
                     46: .PP
                     47: In order to create new binaries in the old format,
                     48: one must include the right header files.
                     49: For example,
                     50: to create a program called \*(lqfoo\*(rq
                     51: which uses the old math library
                     52: in the old format,
                     53: say
                     54: .br
                     55: .IP
                     56: .B /usr/old/cc \-I/usr/old/include
                     57: [ 
                     58: .I flags
                     59: ] foo.c
                     60: .B \-lm
                     61: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     62: arcv(8), ar(1), cc(1), a.out(5), ar(5)
                     63: .SH BUGS

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