"Kamal R. Prasad" <kamalpr@yahoo.com> writes:
>> "Kamal R. Prasad" <kamalpr@yahoo.com> writes:
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> >  I downloaded netbsd 2.0 src tree on an i386
>> system
>> > running netbsd 2.0 (from the iso image). I did a
>> > #./build.sh distribution
>> > #./build.sh install=/
>> >
>> > That presumably installed a perfect distribution
>> of
>> > netbsd 2.0. When I ran autoconf in
>> src/gnu/dist/gcc, I
>> > got an error:-
>> 
>> Yes, you did. Don't do that. The stuff in dist is
>> hacked.
>> 
>> If you need to build a different gcc, get a fresh
>> distribution and
>
> No -the existing gcc-3.3.3 is good enough for me.

Then get a fresh gcc 3.3.3 distribution, though if you are writing a
new backend I would get something newer. Either way, though, you don't
want to work off of what is in dist.

If you don't want to do that, don't complain when you have trouble.

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