>> but after all, why isn't a  bug-fixed 1.6.2 iso supplied?
>

Harvard Eidnes wrote:

> Well, most probably because there are other severe problems with
> sparc64 on 1.6.2; I beleive the compiler being one of them, and that
> it's not the only largish problem with that combination.
>
> I think your best bet is to use 2.0 on sparc64, or... 2.0.1 when that
> comes out -- a couple of important fixes for fatal problems in the
> sparc64 port didn't make the cut for 2.0.  We hope to push out 2.0.1
> for sparc64 relatively quickly.

Matthias Scheler wrote:

> But after NetBSD 2.0 has been released, why do you insist on using 
> 1.6.2?
> NetBSD-sparc64 has been significantly been improved after in that 
> release.

hi,

of course i am aware of the differences between 1.6.2 and 2.0 -- and i 
can confirm that using 2.0 on sparc64 is less pain than using 1.6.2.

nevertheless, i see no reason to distribute a *buggy* 1.6.2 iso for 
while the bug is i) known and ii) fixed...

regards,

timo