Re: recent fixes for VAX

[Dave McGuire <mcguire%neurotica.com@localhost>]

On May 5, 2009, at 1:54 PM, Michael L. Hitch wrote:
> > I know that a great many VAX port problems were fixed recently,  
> > bringing NetBSD/vax back into the realm of usefulness.  Did those  
> > fixes make it into the recent 5.0 release?  Meaning, if I'm about  
> > to put together a VAX on which to run NetBSD, would I be better  
> > off starting with the 5.0 release, or -current?
>
>   As far as I know, all the recent fixes with the exception of the  
> one I just committed yesterday should be in the 5.0 release.  The  
> one exception is the one that causes problems doing a native build  
> (a couple of the toolchain groff programs get build with a bad  
> relocation item, causing them to abort).  Restarting the build  
> (multiple times, unfortunately) would be sufficient to eventually  
> finish a full build.
>
>   That last fix has now been pulled up into the netbsd-5 branch, so  
> the next autobuild should have the bad relocation fixed.
>
>   [Note:  I think that /usr/bin/troff in the NetBSD 5.0 release  
> probably has the bad relocation problem as well, which will cause  
> problems trying to build something that uses troff.]

  Excellent, thanks for the info!  Now I just have to choose a  
machine.  I'm sorta torn between a 4000-90 (fast!) and a 4000VLC  
(tiny!).  I'll probably go with the -90.

         -Dave

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Dave McGuire
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