>I can't build a full distribution for sgimips from i386 for -current or
>stable.  In both instances the build aborts at
>[..]

using sources dated february 20, 2004
built a sgimips distribution from i386 box :

make distribution started at:  Fri Feb 20 20:20:28 UTC 2004
make distribution finished at: Sat Feb 21 00:52:22 UTC 2004
===> Successful make distribution
===> build.sh started: Fri Feb 20 20:20:01 UTC 2004
===> build.sh ended:   Sat Feb 21 00:52:22 UTC 2004
===> Summary of results:
         build.sh command: ./build.sh -m sgimips distribution
         build.sh started: Fri Feb 20 20:20:01 UTC 2004
         No nonexistent/bin/nbmake, needs building.
         Bootstrapping nbmake
         MACHINE:          sgimips
         MACHINE_ARCH:     mipseb
         TOOLDIR path:     /usr/src/obj/tooldir.NetBSD-1.6ZG-i386
         DESTDIR path:     /usr/src/obj/destdir.sgimips
         RELEASEDIR path:  /usr/src/obj/releasedir
         Created /usr/src/obj/tooldir.NetBSD-1.6ZG-i386/bin/nbmake
         makewrapper:     
/usr/src/obj/tooldir.NetBSD-1.6ZG-i386/bin/nbmake-sgimips
         Updated /usr/src/obj/tooldir.NetBSD-1.6ZG-i386/bin/nbmake-sgimips
         Successful make distribution
         build.sh started: Fri Feb 20 20:20:01 UTC 2004
         build.sh ended:   Sat Feb 21 00:52:22 UTC 2004
===> .

is that what you should have ? (built it from a ZG using ZK sources)

-- 
Gilbert Fernandes