I should be able to find the answer to this in documentation but I'm
   clearly not looking with the right keywords, sorry for asking the
   list:
   
   As 4.0 makes its way through beta, gcc has, of course, gotten
   ahead. What is the policy for dealing with this? Say frozen on the
   current gcc 4.1 snapshot or update to a gcc 4.2?


gcc 4.1 will ship with netbsd 4.x.

it's not yet clear what will happen for 5.x tho i am hoping
we will have gcc 4.2.  stay tuned for more details...


.mrg.