>>>>> "Joey" == Joey Bratton <joey_b@gmx.de> writes:

  Joey> is gcc 3.0 a dev version or something? i just built a lfs (linux from

Yes.


  Joey> scratch) distribution and i used the latest stable gcc, which was 2.95.3. if that
  Joey> is a dev version than that may explain some of the troubles with compiling the
  Joey> kernel (i didnt read much into what the problems were, so i dunno) that or

For building NetBSD kernels, 2.95.3 is fine.  But it doesn't generate
PIC code properly, so you need 3.0 to build shared libraries.


  Joey> one of those buggy versions of libc, i know glibc 2.2.2 is still a little
  Joey> buggy, so i opted for 2.2.1. I dont know how much of this applies to netbsd the
  Joey> same as linux because it's been a while since i used *BSD, so i am prolly way

NetBSD does not use glibc.


  Joey> off. but either way i would still be interested in that tar of your gcc.

Ok, <URL:http://mc.pp.se/dc/files/gcc3.0.tar.gz>.


  // Marcus