Hi all, A coupla days ago I successfully installed debian on a sparc 5 and I'm left wondering about the status of debian-sparc vs the potato freeze. I understand that sparc support was added in slink so it's still in it's infancy I guess. But I wonder if sparc-potato will be ready with the other archs.
Problems I've found: Netscape: Utter confusion, people suggest converting from rpm or building from slink. I succeeded in building v4.5. Why are there numerous versions that don't include the actual beast ? --- Mule2: There's a bug report on this; it won't compile and there's no binary available. Anybody has a solution ? It seems to be a #define problem.. --- Removing pppconfig and ppp: dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute pre-removal script: Exec format error dpkg: error processing pppconfig (--remove): subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 2 I just filed a bug report on this. (how many sparc users need ppp by default ?) --- Xapps: fonts, Login.app etc need XF86Config, however Xsun doesn't use this file. Maybe a dummy file (touch /etc/X11/XF86Config ) should be created when installing xbase ? --- man: man freezes (randomly) if there is no manual page available for your search. Anyone else experiencing this ? gman: Doesn't display the manpages, just blank screens. Recompiled and works ok. --- The kernel and Xsun seem rock solid so I'd really like to see the distribution getting more near the level of debian-x86 ;) Just my 2jpy... Tnx, -- Give me Debian or pencil and paper
