simon mackinlay wrote: > Hi - I have a spare IPC which I'm using as a sparc-linux > testbed machine, which I've recently installed using the > publicly available disks-sparc/ and binary-sparc/ trees > on ftp.debian.org. > > I have about a 2-3 month window to play with this machine, > and I'd like to help the debian-sparc effort by rebuilding > packages from the debian-source tree. > > Is this going to be a worthwhile project, or are there > already sufficient contributors?
IMHO before uploading packages to debian-sparc we should move to glibc-2 (libc6). In fact, debian-2.0 will be based on glibc-2, so we have to upload packages twice if we build them first with libc5. I'm working on packaging a development release of glibc I will upload as soon as possible. Next package to upload will be gcc 2.7.2.2 to be able to compile & link with libc6. When these packages will be available, it'll be time to rebuild all other packages. In meantime, there is at least one package that needs to be hacked: util-linux. I found a 2.6 release on tsx-11 but announcement says it supports x86 platforms & includes patches for m68k & alpha ports only. We should also add support for sparc and send patches back to mainstream maintainer for further release. I did some work on it but have no time now to continue. I've got patches from RedHat for 2.5 release then merged it to 2.5 sources from Debian. I also fixed some stuff myself. I sent back patches to Debian maintainer but, as far as I know, he did'nt included them in its package. Now 2.6 is out, so sparc support have to be included again. Would you work on it? I can send you my patches against 2.5 to start your development. Bye. -- Eric Delaunay | "La guerre justifie l'existence des militaires. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | En les supprimant." Henri Jeanson (1900-1970) -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
