Subject: Re: man pages & style guide
To: Peter Seebach <seebs@solon.com>
From: Monroe Williams <monroe@teleport.com>
List: current-users
Date: 03/08/1996 15:38:00
Peter Seebach writes:
[...]
>Would anyone like to offer an example of a machine that:
>1. Can physically run NetBSD in principle.
>2. Does not have an ANSI compiler.
>3. Cannot build gcc.
Should we add another to the list?
4. Can't be cross-compiled to from a system that _does_ run gcc.
It seems (to one who has done his share of programming but no NetBSD
ports), that a port to such a deprived machine would be much easier to
bootstrap by cross-compiling from another system.
-- monroe
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