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Re: Error cross-compiling lib/libc/rpc/svc_vc.c: msg#00045

os.netbsd.ports.vax

Subject: Re: Error cross-compiling lib/libc/rpc/svc_vc.c

FFFFFFFOn Tue, 13 Dec 2005, Johnny Billquist wrote:

Sorry. That was my cat. She seems to like my VAXStation 4000/60, and prefers sitting on it to the UltraSPARC, the Cobalt, the T/S 2068, or the Amiga, but not my keyboard (particularly while I'm typing on it).

I think she was trying to say that if it works, keep it. Or something like that.

That mirrors my feelings on this matter. No matter how slow it gets, maintaining VAX in the NetBSD tree will always have benefits. For one, if it works on a VAX, then that means we're doing not just something right, but LOTS right. There's hardly all that much code out there which is correct enough to run so many places.

The hardware is completely solid. If NetBSD gets to a state where the OS NEVER crashes on VAX hardware, I will be very pleased. As it is, I have run DNS and backup email on one of my VAXen with uptimes of up to a year. There's value there.

Just my two... just my thoughts.

John
--
As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit
atrocities. -Voltaire




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