Subject: Re: Why is the 1.6.2 iso image still buggy (RAID1 bootblock bug from June (!) 22nd)?
To: NetBSD/sparc64 Sparc64 <port-sparc64@netbsd.org>
From: Timo Schoeler <timo.schoeler@macfinity.net>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 01/01/2005 20:15:39
>> but after all, why isn't a bug-fixed 1.6.2 iso supplied?
>
Harvard Eidnes wrote:
> Well, most probably because there are other severe problems with
> sparc64 on 1.6.2; I beleive the compiler being one of them, and that
> it's not the only largish problem with that combination.
>
> I think your best bet is to use 2.0 on sparc64, or... 2.0.1 when that
> comes out -- a couple of important fixes for fatal problems in the
> sparc64 port didn't make the cut for 2.0. We hope to push out 2.0.1
> for sparc64 relatively quickly.
Matthias Scheler wrote:
> But after NetBSD 2.0 has been released, why do you insist on using
> 1.6.2?
> NetBSD-sparc64 has been significantly been improved after in that
> release.
hi,
of course i am aware of the differences between 1.6.2 and 2.0 -- and i
can confirm that using 2.0 on sparc64 is less pain than using 1.6.2.
nevertheless, i see no reason to distribute a *buggy* 1.6.2 iso for
while the bug is i) known and ii) fixed...
regards,
timo