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From: cgd@erewhon.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Chris G. Demetriou)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: To NetBSD or Not NetBSD
Message-ID: <CGD.93Jun15030102@erewhon.CS.Berkeley.EDU>
Date: 15 Jun 93 10:01:02 GMT
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In-reply-to: mnewell@lupine.nsi.nasa.gov.'s message of 14 Jun 93 19:56:49 +0600

In article <1993Jun14.195650.444@nhqvax.hq.nasa.gov> mnewell@lupine.nsi.nasa.gov. (Mike Newell) writes:
=>   [3] To install the bus mouse I had to rebuild the kernel.  To do that I
=>       had to install the source kit.  Unfortunately the source kit didn't
=>       come with all the ".h" files I needed [I got them from 386bsd] and
=>       the installation procedure didn't create the "compile" directory.

i think you're comfused about something or other:
	the ksrc08 distribution set *definitely* comes with all of
	the include files necessary to build a kernel; it's basically
	a straight-off tar of /sys...

=>   [4] The "/bin/sh" shell kept doing core dumps.  They appeared random;
=>       script that ran fine once would dump a couple of times and then run
=>       fine again after a couple of tries.

sh dumping core has not ever been reported to us...



as for any personality conflicts:
	it's worth noting that the NetBSD group is in almost-constant
	contact with the patchkit and 386bsd interim release groups...
	not only do we trade code, but, e.g. NetBSD often plays
	"guinea pig" for new patches...




chris
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Chris G. Demetriou                                    cgd@cs.berkeley.edu

   "386bsd as depth first search: whenever you go to fix something you
       find that 3 more things are actually broken." -- Adam Glass