Subject: Re: Toolchain build fails for 1.6
To: Matthew Kolb <muk@msu.edu>
From: James Chacon <jmc@NetBSD.org>
List: port-macppc
Date: 06/29/2004 18:24:11
On Tue, Jun 29, 2004 at 02:51:52PM -0400, Matthew Kolb wrote:
> 
> On Jun 29, 2004, at 2:43 PM, Paul Frommeyer wrote:
> 
> >In reply to your message of Mon, 28 Jun 2004 17:59:29 PDT:
> >
> >Rolling up some more feedback:
> 
> <massive snip>
> 
> >But I'm totally digressing. With apologies for any bruised toes from my
> >editorializing and again, many many thanks for the assistance,
> 
> Here's the deal.  You wouldn't need to do a toolchain build if you 
> didn't get new src.  You could simply use the make, cc, and config on 
> your currently running system (just as you said you could do with other 
> OSs).

Not always guarenteed. If you were on 1.6 and wanted to come up to -current
you needs new tools. Compiler has changed, config has updates, etc.

In general on the release branch you're safe, but otherwise don't assume this.

James