> Old was NetBSD 1.5_BETA2 (GENERIC) #0, which I downloaded with the system.
> New is NetBSD 1.5.1_ALPHA (MORIA) #0, downloaded as a tarball on Jan 2 or 3,
>          compiled with -O and -M68040 (according to mk.conf).
> New2 is NetBSD 1.5.1_ALPHA (MORIA) #0, supped on Jan 5, compiled with -O2 and
>          -M68040 (again, according to mk.conf).

As others have noted, 1.5.1_ALPHA doesn't have the updates, although a
pullup request has been sent to the release engineers (which means that
it should be part of 1.5.1_ALPHA eventually--oldpuma.macbsd.com is a
Q950 that is currently running 1.5.1_ALPHA with the patches).

You should also have no major problems running a -current kernel from
the snapshot with your 1.5 "userland".

-allen

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