> > > > > No worries, i haven't tested any of this on alpha yet i set it all to
> > > > > rebuild and went to sleep. I know if somebody can tell me why "tar xyf"
> > > > > doesn't work it'll save me a lot of time in spec-hell
> > > > hmmm... which version of tar are you using?? I'm using:
> > > > tar-1.13.12-1mdk.
> > > > I think the tar that comes with redhat is the problem...
> > > Ah f**kin HA, i've just found the solution to i hope all my troubles, it's
> > > got redhat droppings all over it, all that c++ stuff it compiled last
> > > night is worthless. Now it makes more sense why half this stuff didn't
> > > compile :)
> > Oeps... well, on my machine about 110 packages don't compile. I'm
> > working
> > on it to figure out for each package what the problem is...
> Thats about the number i got, unfortunatly that was just for packages i
> maintain not the whole dist =X
hmmm... lot's of work todo...
> > Are you still using gcc that came with redhat? I want to upgrade it to
> > the
> > cooker one, but I'm a bit catious with it, I'm afraid that things get
> > broken. Any tips?
> Yeah, seems they've rawhide installed on the main partition.
Aha...
> Give me an hour and we'll see what happens, I'll try a chroot install
> first, if that doesn't workout i'll try not to burn it completely to the
> ground they'll be mad if i do :)
Good luck!!
> Can you even use a Matrox or TNT, on an alpha?
I've got a millenium 2. I beleive the latest cards don't run very well
on
an alpha (read the horror stories in the axp-list over at redhat). Be
sure
to stick the card into the primary PCI bus, otherwise even a M2 won't
work.
Stefan
