> > /home/andrew/current/obj/tools.evbarm/tools.NetBSD-1.5Z-i386/bin/arm--netbsdelf-dbsym netbsd || true
> > arm--netbsdelf-dbsym: could not find SYMTAB_SPACE in netbsd
> > 
> > but that's a different problem.  or maybe it's just "okay".
>
>That's normal if the kernel doesn't have SYMTAB_SPACE in it :-)  That's
>why it doesn't cause an error when it happens :-)

it doesn't cause an error because of the "|| true" piece.  i can
understand that.  i was just wondering, briefly, of the utility of
perhaps not even trying the dbsym stuff if the symbol was known not to
be present, but that's probably more work than it's worth.

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