The following reply was made to PR port-macppc/29655; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
To: he@netbsd.org
Cc: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org, tsutsui@netbsd.org,
	port-macppc-maintainer@netbsd.org, netbsd-bugs@netbsd.org,
	gnats-admin@netbsd.org, tsutsui@ceres.dti.ne.jp
Subject: Re: port-macppc/29655 (macppc cd-rom image build does not createbootable
	 cd-rom)
Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2006 03:43:54 +0900

 he@netbsd.org wrote:
 
 > > Bootable ISO should be created under src/distrib/cdrom/ dir, not src/etc.
 > 
 > Respectfully, I disagree.  I do not understand that there is a
 > good reason why we make bootable ISO images for some ports for
 > the setup under src/etc, while for other ports where we know how
 > to make an ISO image bootable, should *not* do so also for the
 > image built from src/etc?
 
 Non standard tools are required to create bootable cd for macppc,
 but do you have any idea how to handle them?
 
 > The setup in src/distrib/cdrom/ is the setup for the multi-
 > architecture boot images, and it is overly complicated and
 > requires a lot more effort to use compared to e.g. the setup for
 > i386 in src/etc if the intended action is to build a single-
 > architecture bootable macppc iso image.
 
 I don't think it's complicated at all:
 http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-macppc/2006/10/07/0003.html
 
 All things we need is to modify *.conf files to allow
 CD_IMAGES variable overriden, I think.
 
 > Please re-open the ticket.
 
 If you want, feel free to do so by yourself.
 ---
 Izumi Tsutsui