On Thu, 20 Apr 2023 at 06:10, Lloyd Parkes <ll...@must-have-coffee.gen.nz> wrote: > > On 20/04/23 10:34, Brook Milligan wrote: > > I am trying to build an old kernel with build.sh on a recent (9.99.108) > > amd64 system. However, compiling nbmake fails immediately with errors like > > > > /usr/bin/ld: buf.o:(.bss+0x0): multiple definition of `debug_file'; > > arch.o:(.bss+0x0): first defined here > > > > Unless I am doing something silly, it clearly is not possible for a current > > system to build old tools and kernels at arbitrary points in time. > > > > What is the best strategy for building old kernels to, for example, bisect > > the code? > > This problem is only going to get worse as 9.x gets older and more > people use newer hosts. > > It occurs to me that we could fix the nbmake source code and release it > as 9.4. It won't fix things for people stuck on 9.[0-3], but it's better > than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick.
Could even pullup to netbsd-8 also :) David
