Re: Problems unpacking sets with ftp -o

On Fri, 30 Apr 2021 at 11:32:10 -0400, Louis Guillaume wrote: >Hello! > >My longtime update method for netbsd systems (since NetBSD 1.6 or so) >summarized... > >1. Retrieve/unpack the kernel > # cd / ># ftp -o "|pax -zrvpe" >http://nyftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-9/latest/amd64/binary/s

Re: Some questions about build.sh, machine, -u and tools

TL;DR: src/BUILDING explains most of these things. On Mon, May 03, 2021 at 12:18:54 +0200, Rocky Hotas wrote: > I struggle instead about MACHINE. Some of them (sparc, vax) have > just one MACHINE_ARCH with the same name. Some of them have just > one MACHINE_ARCH with a different name (amd64). Thi

Re: Some questions about build.sh, machine, -u and tools

Rocky Hotas writes: > I struggle instead about MACHINE. Some of them (sparc, vax) have > just one MACHINE_ARCH with the same name. Some of them have just > one MACHINE_ARCH with a different name (amd64). This allows to > specify just one between `-m' or `-a', when building with build.sh. > Then,

Some questions about build.sh, machine, -u and tools

Hello! Chapter 32 of The NetBSD Guide deals with Crosscompiling NetBSD with build.sh. 1. With `list-arch' the full list of the available machines and CPU types is shown, named respectively MACHINE and MACHINE_ARCH. Correct me if I'm wrong, MACHINE_ARCH represents the CPU with its specific instruct