Subject: Re: Getting repeatedly the same compile error with groff.
To: Marcin Jessa <lists@yazzy.org>
From: Lubomir Sedlacik <salo@Xtrmntr.org>
List: current-users
Date: 11/08/2005 14:15:48
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On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 01:52:10PM +0100, Marcin Jessa wrote:
> On Mon, 07 Nov 2005 20:33:17 -0500 Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> > Don't assume. Try building with an emtpy mk.conf.
>=20
> Thanks, having a blank mk.conf fixed the problem however this must me
> documented at http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/current/ I was
> pretty close to just give up on NetBSD and abandon my NetBSD-based
> projects after all those months of having problems with compiling of
> the base system. And gaving to compile all the binaries I needed by
> hand. All this becouse of this undocumented issue.  And I am a very
> patient guy.  It also suprises me a simple thing like CPU flag could
> break the build.

it is not undocumented.  you are not supposed to abuse CFLAGS for CPU
optimizations.  there is CPUFLAGS exactly for such a purpose.

 http://mail-index.netbsd.org/source-changes/2003/05/30/0037.html


regards,

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