> In a message of 08 Feb 98 Markus Illenseer wrote to All:
> 
>  >  You do not want to compile your own GCC. NetBSD 1.3 comes with a
>  > special  and working (!) distribution of gcc already. The package
> 
> Since gcc 2.8.0 is out, and there seem to be a lot of enancements in it, would
> it be safe to comp;ile it for NetBSD 1.3?

Most important "enhancement" of 2.8.0 is that it doesn't pass the
"stage 3 test"on a couple of architectures.

It is definitely not ripe enough for a standard system compiler.

Regards,
	-is