re: Working compat_netbsd32

[matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost>]

   Hi guys, could anyone eloaborate on if and when compat_netbsd32 would be 
   working on sparc64 (including threaded applications)? For example, I'd like 
   to build KDE and other packages as 32-bit binaries and run them under 
   compat_netbsd32. I have never been able to do that, is anyone working on 
   these problems, are there many broken things that need fixing?

it's fairly close to near the top of my list of things to do is make
this work better.  i haven't really had a chance to see what is wrong
with -current lately... perhaps you could? :-)
   
   PS. the biggest reason why I need compat_netbsd32 is due to software that is 
   not 64-bit clean. I've been trying to build x11/qt4-libs on sparc64 and one 
   of the qt tools crashes with "Bus error" during build stage. I have reported 
   the problem to trolltech, but who knows how long it will take them to 
   investiage and fix the open source version of qt4-libs. And there are other 
   packages that have similar problems.
   
while i agree with christos that you should try to get the apps/libs
fixed up, making netbsd32 work is also a goal.


.mrg.