Re: compiling 1.5 with -current toolchain

[Bill Studenmund <wrstuden%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Thu, 17 Jan 2002, Darrin B. Jewell wrote:

>
> I recently attempted to build a 1.5 macppc kernel from a -current
> system.  Although the kernel compiled and linked without error or
> warning, it would not boot.  I debugged this enough to determine that
> it was dying in or around OF_call_method, the first varargs function
> that it encountered.  After looking at the CVS revision history for
> sys/arch/powerpc/include/stdarg.h, I realized that the 1.5 branch does
> not have varargs updates required to work with the new compiler.
>
> It it appropriate to pull up changes to stdarg.h to the 1.5 branch
> so that the -current compiler can compile the 1.5 branch?  Are there
> other changes that would need to be pulled up as well?

If these changes were pulled up, would compiling still work with the old
toolchain?

Take care,

Bill