Subject: Re: newfs core dumping in 1.5ZA snapshot
To: None <port-alpha@netbsd.org>
From: Peter Seebach <seebs@plethora.net>
List: port-alpha
Date: 01/21/2002 23:50:45
In message <20020122164703.B2153@wasabisystems.com>, Luke Mewburn writes:
>How old is the snapshot?

>There is (was?) a toolchain problem with gcc -O2 when compiling newfs
>on the alpha, so I added a workaround to the newfs Makefile on 2002/01/06
>to compile newfs with gcc -O1, which appeared to fix the problem for me
>on my PC164.

I think the snapshot was dated 1/15, but it's possible that parts of it were
built earlier.  That sounds very plausible; if I get a chance, I'll make sure
to update my source to that level, and then see if I can build install
floppies.

-s