On Thu, 30 Sep 1999, Eduardo E. Horvath wrote:

# On Thu, 30 Sep 1999, Reinoud Zandijk wrote:
# 
# > Hi folks,
# > 
# > What about cross-compiling it on a NetBSD/Alpha ?? As far as I know, it's
# > ideally suited since it's a 64 bits proc. too..
# 
#3) egcs is buggy, so I doubt it will help any.  Actually, it seems to be
#more stable in 32-bit mode, where the C++ compiler will run (sometimes)
#and the optimizer it the part that's prone to failure.

Why not compile -O0 until it's more stable?  It won't be fast, but it
will run.  Better to have something running -- it's awful hard to pull
yourself up by your bootstraps if they're rotting.

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