The following reply was made to PR toolchain/29141; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Frank van der Linden <fvdl@netbsd.org>
To: Quentin Garnier <cube@cubidou.net>
Cc: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org, toolchain-manager@netbsd.org,
	gnats-admin@netbsd.org, netbsd-bugs@netbsd.org
Subject: Re: toolchain/29141: patch to allow the gnu toolchain to compile for netbsd-ia64
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 14:28:27 +0100

 On Fri, Jan 28, 2005 at 09:01:07AM +0100, Quentin Garnier wrote:
 > Maybe I'm missing something, but what's the point of having a toolchain
 > for NetBSD/ia64 if we don't have code for NetBSD/ia64?  Besides, I'd
 > expect changes binutils, too.
 
 In order to create NetBSD/ia64, you must first have a toolchain..
 
 - Frank