The following reply was made to PR port-xen/29887; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org>
To: Alan Barrett <apb@cequrux.com>
Cc: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org, netbsd-bugs@NetBSD.org,
	tech-userlevel@NetBSD.org
Subject: Re: port-xen/29887: sysctl kern.consdev coredumps
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 10:35:22 -0700

 On Jun 20, 2005, at 3:03 AM, Alan Barrett wrote:
 
 >   3. Fix gcc to make it perform or not perform the printf/puts
 >      conversion depending on what combination of "-std=<standard>",
 >      "-ansi", "-pedantic", "-ffreestanding" and similar options were
 >      specified.  Possibly also add a "-fno-convert-printf-to-puts" or
 >      similar option.
 
 GCC already has -ffreestanding to suppress this behavior.  If you're  
 not freestanding, you're hosted, so there is no need for any other  
 option.
 
 -- thorpej