Re: NetBSD/vax current

[Thor Lancelot Simon <tls%panix.com@localhost>]

On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 03:17:19PM -0400, Mouse wrote:
> [bqt]
> > Trying to just build a kernel on the 11/785 will take an estimated
> > two weeks.  Really.
> 
> What version?  -current?  I'm not surprised.  I remember how
> disappointed I was back around 4.something, I think it was, that i386
> couldn't practically self-host in (IIRC) 32MB because it paged itself
> to death building the compiler.

Blaming NetBSD for the increase in size and runtime of GCC seems a
little disingenuous to me.  If you guys are determined to play this
game, at the very least turn GCC's newer and more expensive optimizations
off, or use PCC.

Thor