On Tue, 2 Feb 1999, Ulf Carlsson wrote:
> > Ok. What gcc etc. versions do you have installed. I knpw there's issues > > with X > > compiling the kernel and getting the right tools (been there, gave up). > > Will > > the gcc RPMs from the HardHat distribution be O.K? > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] guest]$ rpm -q binutils gcc libstdc++ binutils-2.8.1-2 > > gcc-2.7.2-4 libstdc++-2.8.0-8 > > Crosscompiling the kernel isn't diffucult at all, I do it all the time. I > think > the libs will be ok, but I'm not sure wether they're compatible with the > debian > libs if we install the real stuff later. Let's hope it works. >From what I remember I had some strange problem with fastdep in linux/scripts. It choked with a bus error during 'make dep' somewhere in the ipv4 directory... > I'll compile a cross environment with the latest egcs today, I think we need > somethin like that. Definitely. I'd rather use an R5 or R10 than an R4 :) > > Presumably there we'll choke on the same packages that are missing from > > Hardhat (tcsh etc.) > > Who needs tcsh? ;) Quite. > We can atleast try. I'd like to fiddle with packages which are difficult to > get > through. Yeah, but to find them we need to chug through as many as possible and make a note of which ones fail to build on the way through. > > If I can figure out how to get things going I'll let my indy chug away on as > > many packages as I can store (where's that RAID :) and find somewhere to > > post > > them. Are we basing the distribution on Slink? > > I think so yes. Slink is probably safer shot. Maybe I should apply to be a > debian developer so I can get FTP access to the "real" archive. Time to wget -np -m http://www.debian.org/debian/dists/frozen/main/source Leon -- Leon Verrall - (+44) 1189 307734 \ Silicon Graphics, Forum 1, Secondline Software Support _____/ Station Rd., Theale, RG7 4RA, UK
