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If you run older hardware you realize quickly how significant it is to be able to do cross builds with build.sh. I came across this post today that highlights this!

https://zia.io/objects/c4b825f9-8c57-4b86-a108-af869dfbcb10

How long would you imagine it might take to compile NetBSD 10 from source on real m68k hardware? Earlier this year I wanted to find out, so I set up a Macintosh to try it.
The toolchain, OS and installation sets started on 16-March and finished on 10-May:
build.sh started: Sat Mar 16 17:04:20 UTC 2024
build.sh ended: Fri May 10 00:35:54 UTC 2024
4692724.22 real 3810544.56 user 700310.18 sys

I misread that. It started on Mar 16 and ended on Mar 10? How did that OHHHHhhhh...

That's not so bad! :-D

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