[tlbuild] NetBSD help ...

[Bruno Haible]

Norbert Preining wrote:
> NetBSD seems really just be a pile of
> .... thrown together and let users die.

I share the same feeling. I've seen so many bugs at random places in NetBSD.

Just to name a few that I reported over the last 7 years:
  - max_align_t has smaller alignment than double
  - Insufficient parameter validation in sysctl VM_PROC_MAP leads to kernel panic
  - monetary.h has syntax error in C++ mode
  - pthread_sigmask returns value wrong when libpthread is not in use
  - sigprocmask returns value wrong when libpthread is in use
  - towupper and towlower malfunction in zh_CN.GB18030 locale
  - current time does not advance on NetBSD sparc64

And about the package manager: In a NetBSD 9.0/x86_64 VM
I cannot do 'pkg_add tk' because that command encountered numerous
missing dependencies.

When I test GNU packages, NetBSD therefore has lower priority than
Solaris 11 and Haiku. The Haiku people at least fix the reported bugs
in a timely manner.

Bruno