Re: NetBSD-HEAD amd64 refuses to build

["Thomas Mueller" <mueller6724%bellsouth.net@localhost>]

> On Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 01:05:14AM +0000, Thomas Mueller wrote:
>  > I could also try to cross-compile from FreeBSD but would want to
>  > use a newer GCC from ports as opposed to 4.2.1 in the base system.

> As has been explained to you before, when you cross-compile NetBSD it
> builds and then uses NetBSD's gcc. You keep trying to circumvent this
> without knowing what you're doing, and this and/or other rash actions
> is likely the cause of much of your trouble.
        
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> David A. Holland
> dholland%netbsd.org@localhost

It's been many months since I cross-compiled or attempted to cross-compile 
NetBSD from FreeBSD!

All my recent troubles have been building from NetBSD-current amd64, or in one 
case, from NetBSD 6.1_STABLE amd64.

For cross-compiling from FreeBSD, the purpose of a newer GCC than 4.2.1 would 
be to better build the tools, then the tools take over.

I never tried to avoid building the toolchain.

Are serial terminals still available?  How does one capture debugger and kernel 
messages in the case of a crash with currently available hardware?

Tom