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Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1998 18:10:23 +0100
From: Christian Meder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Eric Delaunay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: re freezing powerpc
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On Fri, Nov 06, 1998 at 10:09:33PM +0100, Eric Delaunay wrote:
> Christian Meder wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 06, 1998 at 01:50:20AM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> > debian/sparc at present:
> > - has X albeit still slightly buggy but definitly usable, but we have to
> > wait
> > for the X revolution to settle down before we can try to rebuild a more
> > recent version
> >
> > > - is switching glibc versions by five
> >
> > true for sparc, too. But I'm using a 2.0.99 cvs snapshot which is a real
> > improvement for sparc:
> > * the ^Z problems with bash and other signal handling oddities (sparc
> > specific) are gone => we can run 2.1.x kernels on Debian/Sparc now
> > * it has got a db1 interface
> > * the exp function segfault (sparc specific) is fixed
> > ...
> >
> > > - has no working base tarball, let alone installer
> >
> > sparc has got a working but _very_ old installation set (to be updated)
>
> Yes I know that, but I'm waiting for fixed glibc/bash before working on new
> installation set. I recently bought a SCSI CD-recorder, so I will also be
> able to build & try CD images for sparc.
Great ;-)
>
> BTW, do/should we have to use a 2.1 kernel ?
> I heard latest 2.1 releases fix the sun4c slowdown, support Turbosparc, ...
> Anybody already packaged one ?
I use the recompiled 2.1.125 package from Hartmut Koptein (powerpc)
and will upload it with the new glibc.
>
>
> > > - has nothing approaching the set of packages it could given a little
> > > more time
> >
> > ditto for sparc. But I guess you could call it a reasonable subset by
> > release
> > time.
>
> I hope availability of the new glibc will speed up the building process.
I hope so too. I'll upload the new glibc with a new 2.0.35 kernel, a
2.1.125 kernel and the updated base packages.
Greetings,
Christian
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Christian Meder, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
What's the railroad to me ?
I never go to see
Where it ends.
It fills a few hollows,
And makes banks for the swallows,
It sets the sand a-blowing,
And the blackberries a-growing.
(Henry David Thoreau)
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Christian Meder, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
What's the railroad to me ?
I never go to see
Where it ends.
It fills a few hollows,
And makes banks for the swallows,
It sets the sand a-blowing,
And the blackberries a-growing.
(Henry David Thoreau)
