Again, my build from NetBSD, but for a different and crazy reason: couldn't download, system seemingly somehow misset HAIKU_NO_DOWNOADS. My configure command was ../nbconfigure --build-cross-tools x86_gcc2 ../../buildtools --build-cross-tools x86 --use-xattr-ref --include-gpl-addons --include-3rdparty I had --no-downloads set for FreeBSD (different "generated" directory), but not here. Should I have included in configure command --bootstrap ../../haikuporter/haikuporter ../../haikuports.cross ../../haikuports ? after "git clone" on haikuports.cross? Documentation didn't say this had to be done when run the first time. This information comes from Google search on haikuports cross compilation That would be my next step, whether on NetBSD, FreeBSD or a near-future Linux installation. Internet connection was active, worked with (as a test) lynx http://iglou.com Error messages were GeneratedRepositoryPackageList1 /home/nbarlene/haiku/haiku/nbgenerated/objects/haiku/x86_gcc2/packaging/repositories/HaikuPorts-packages ChecksumFileSHA256 /home/nbarlene/haiku/haiku/nbgenerated/objects/haiku/x86_gcc2/packaging/repositories/HaikuPorts-checksum DownloadLocatedFile1 /home/nbarlene/haiku/haiku/nbgenerated/download/zlib-1.2.8-4-x86_gcc2.hpkg --2014-08-05 10:00:59-- http://packages.haiku-os.org/haikuports/master/repo/x86_gcc2/1098775574/packages/zlib-1.2.8-4-x86_gcc2.hpkg Resolving packages.haiku-os.org (packages.haiku-os.org)... 2a01:4f8:190:64c3:1::1, 78.46.189.219 Connecting to packages.haiku-os.org (packages.haiku-os.org)|2a01:4f8:190:64c3:1::1|:80... failed: No route to host. Connecting to packages.haiku-os.org (packages.haiku-os.org)|78.46.189.219|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found 2014-08-05 10:01:00 ERROR 404: Not Found. source="/home/nbarlene/haiku/haiku/nbgenerated/objects/haiku/x86_gcc2/packaging/repositories/HaikuPorts-checksum" if [ "0" = 1 ]; then echo "ERROR: Would need to download http://packages.haiku-os.org/haikuports/master/repo/x86_gcc2/`cat $source`/packages/zlib-1.2.8-4-x86_gcc2.hpkg, but HAIKU_NO_DOWNLOADS is set!" exit 1 fi wget --retry-connrefused -O "/home/nbarlene/haiku/haiku/nbgenerated/download/zlib-1.2.8-4-x86_gcc2.hpkg" http://packages.haiku-os.org/haikuports/master/repo/x86_gcc2/`cat $source`/packages/zlib-1.2.8-4-x86_gcc2.hpkg || exit 1 touch "/home/nbarlene/haiku/haiku/nbgenerated/download/zlib-1.2.8-4-x86_gcc2.hpkg" ...failed DownloadLocatedFile1 /home/nbarlene/haiku/haiku/nbgenerated/download/zlib-1.2.8-4-x86_gcc2.hpkg ... ...removing /home/nbarlene/haiku/haiku/nbgenerated/download/zlib-1.2.8-4-x86_gcc2.hpkg BUILD FAILURE: ...failed updating 1 target(s)... ...skipped 10 target(s)... ...updated 50 target(s)... Is something wrong with Haiku script or tree, or is it a temporary glitch with the server, or did I need to bootstrap on first configure? I tried again, got the same nondownloadability error. This raises the question regarding FreeBSD and the flaky Internet connectivity: Can Haiku be built with no downloads during the build process (--no-downloads in configure command)? FreeBSD system and NetBSD system update don't use Internet connectivity during the build, though source tree has to be checked out/updated before the build with svn (FreeBSD or cvs (NetBSD. Tom