Re: NetBSD 7.0 i386 mkdep fails

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On Fri, Jun 03, 2016 at 08:25:46AM +0530, Mayuresh wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 01, 2016 at 10:02:16PM +0530, Mayuresh wrote:
> > When running make depend I get this:
> > 
> >   sorry, unimplemented: 64-bit mode not compiled in
> > 
> > I had installed comp from NetBSD 7.0 installation sets.
> > 
> > What is the remedy for this?
> 
> Anyone listening and willing to help?
> 
> Signs of eroding community size?
> 
> I have been using NetBSD for 6 years now and can feel the difference in
> the level of community support I used to get back then and now.
> 
> I'll continue to have high regards for this platform, its cleanliness,
> portability and for one of the fastest and cleanest installation
> procedures around.
> 
> However looks like there is no critical mass of volunteers and core
> developers left anymore that would support the fragmented and ever
> changing hardware world.
> 
> May be time to move on and switch the platform for me. I'd probably switch
> to Debian. I'll miss many things that I enjoyed in NetBSD. But that's
> life.
> 
> Mayuresh.

I've had the complete opposite feeling lately, now that I have graphical
acceleration on a very recent nVidia card (GTX 770), using USB3 ports,
etc.

I usually build NetBSD with build.sh, most people probably do, so I'm
not too familiar with the troubles encountered by avoiding it, sorry.