Hi, On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 1:16 PM, David Kuehling <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > looks like the Mips64el Debian port [1] is complete enough to be > (almost) usable with debootstrap. For some reasons, debootstrap fails > when run once, but when running it a few times, it finally finishes > successfully. > > This command sequence actually worked when I tried yesterday: > > for i in 1 2 3 ; do > /usr/sbin/debootstrap \ > --arch=mips64el --no-check-gpg --include=multiarch-support \ > --exclude=libstdc++,libstdc++-dev,aptitude,libsigc++-1.2-dev \ > sid ./mips64el \ > http://mips64el.debian.net/debian/ > done >
Actually the packages on mips64el.debian.net is a bit dated at the moment, and we are preparing a push to make it up-to-date. > Unfortunately this requires a MIPS64 capable CPU, i.e. Loongson3A will > work, but Loongson2F not. Hopefully the porters eventually recompile > their repository for MIPSIII. I don't think that MIPS64-specific > instructions add much of a benefit anyways. > The plan is that we are very probably switch to mips3 for the one submit to debian-ports.org, and keep another repository for mips64r2 capable hardware. Thanks, Aron > When done, 'schroot' can be used to turn the chroot into something that > feels like a proper debian system (configuring type=directory it > bind-mounts various stuff into the chroot, so you can compile code from > your home directory etc.). Warning: never do 'rm -r' on a chroot used > with 'schroot' as it may delete bind-mounted subdirectories (like, > $HOME). > > For reference here's my schroot config file: > > --8<-- > [mips64el] > description=Debian Sid mips64el > type=directory > directory=/path/to/mips64el/chroot/ > users=myloginname > personality=linux > --8<-- > > cheers, > > David > > [1] http://mips64el.debian.net/debian/ > -- > GnuPG public key: http://dvdkhlng.users.sourceforge.net/dk2.gpg > Fingerprint: B63B 6AF2 4EEB F033 46F7 7F1D 935E 6F08 E457 205F -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CAMr=8w4ke5k3luz9m8kngybahmkkq_sy3yqdeufcnhvpaf0...@mail.gmail.com
