On Dec 7, 2003, at 3:32 AM, Brian Chase wrote:
>>> Confirm what?  That the VAX-port isn't built natively regularly?
>>> That I can confirm.  I usually do builds of -current now and again
>>> (on the 8650), and hits snags that the core group don't notice.
>>
>> This is what I was afraid of when the cross-build stuff went in, that
>> NetBSD would end up shipping code with bugs that went unnoticed 
>> because
>> they didn't show up in a cross build.
>
> I think we'll be alright as long as we get more VAX people tracking
> and compiling -current.  It doesn't require too much in the way of
> resources.  I'm managing alright with my 56kb/s dialup and a few GB of
> spare disk space.  The bottleneck in the process ends up being VAX cpu
> cycles. :-)

   I am willing to join the fray here as soon as I get moved into my new 
place in a few weeks.  I have many VAXen here from which to choose for 
this task...I will likely use a 4000/60, or perhaps a 3100/80.

         -Dave

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Dave McGuire                      "My tummy hurts now, but my soul
St. Petersburg, FL                 feels a little better."     -Ed