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-rw-r--r--share/examples/etc/make.conf8
-rw-r--r--share/man/man5/make.conf.58
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/share/examples/etc/make.conf b/share/examples/etc/make.conf
index a0d269e39370..1aa2f7888f64 100644
--- a/share/examples/etc/make.conf
+++ b/share/examples/etc/make.conf
@@ -171,6 +171,14 @@
#COMPAT3X= yes
#COMPAT4X= yes
#
+# If you have a commercial application for a FreeBSD 4.x that cannot easily
+# be updated to a FreeBSD 5.x application and it generates the error message
+# "undefined reference to `__sF'", then you can uncomment the following
+# line to build a libc compatibility with FreeBSD 4.x. NOTE, THIS SHOULD BE
+# USED AS A LAST RESORT.
+#
+#WANT_COMPAT4_STDIO= yes
+#
#
# Default format for system documentation, depends on your printer.
# Set this to "ascii" for simple printers or screen
diff --git a/share/man/man5/make.conf.5 b/share/man/man5/make.conf.5
index 0d6c7455996d..0a810c580ac9 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/make.conf.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/make.conf.5
@@ -605,6 +605,14 @@ levels to a lower one.
and above is known to trigger known optimizer bugs at various
times \(em this is worse on the Alpha platform.
The value assigned is the highest optimization value used.
+.It Va WANT_COMPAT4_STDIO
+.Pq Vt bool
+If you have a commercial application for a FreeBSD 4.x that cannot easily
+be updated to a FreeBSD 5.x application and it generates the error message
+.Dq undefined reference to `__sF' ,
+then you can uncomment the following line to build a libc compatibility with
+FreeBSD 4.x.
+.Em NOTE, THIS SHOULD BE USED AS A LAST RESORT.
.El
.Pp
The following list provides a name and short description for variables