Subject: Re: new toolchain needed for sparc?
To: Grey Wolf <greywolf@captech.com>
From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-sparc
Date: 10/12/1999 14:21:25
Yes- that's the kind of feedback I needed to know. Thanks!


On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, Grey Wolf wrote:

> Well, -current _is_ in ELFland.  I'm running on the 10Aug1999 snapshot
> myself, and that's quite stable.  Rumour has it that 1.5 will be ELFland
> as well.
> 
> I was running 1.4 which was okay, but I needed to get up to speed,
> largely so that the conversion to 1.5 (when it happened) wouldn't blow
> up as nastily.
> 
> Try taking the 19990810 snapshot and then updating to -current.
> You might find it an easier road.  Be sure to look at the files
> in /usr/src/etc/etc.sparc and the like to make sure you're up to date
> there.
> 
> > { I've tried to resubscribe to this list, but it hasn't happened yet, so
> > please respond to me if it suits you... }
> > 
> > I've installed NetBSD 1.4.1 for sparc, but this won't build a GENERIC
> > kernel out of -current sources. Is the the comp.tar.gz snapshot on
> > ftp.netbsd.org appropriate for building kernels? I fooled around with
> > trying to bootstrap myself from 1.4 to -current last week and had a bad
> > time of it (seems that a  switch to ELF is happening?)
> > 
> > -matt
> > 
> > 
> 
> 				--*greywolf;
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