On 14/07/2022 15:36, Eckard Brauer wrote:
Hello,just subscribed to the list, and just reactivated an old Powerbook G4, only beacuse I noticed that Macports is around (usually I'm a Gentoo Linux user with only few *BSD background, so don't mind me stupid questions). Installing Ports on Sorbet Leopard went fine, but as everything (except App packages) is installed in /var/local, how is it possible to provide some of the system packages with fresh frameworks, most important, SSL? I'd need that for Mail (even TenFourBird doesn't work) and a working browser... Is there a good guideline on how to get all that running? Its somehow complicated to start. If there's any help, hint or howto, please notify me. Thanks in advabce && best regards Hangglider
I don't know if there's much of a way. I also got into this with a G5 and any solution will not really be straightforward or 'clean' to Mac OS X.
For Mail.app I don't think there's really a way to fix its SSL issues. If you patch any files in OS X you run the risk of breaking a lot of things. But if you are adventurous I'd like to know what things you end up trying.
Since you use Gentoo, I also ran Gentoo on my G5 and it works pretty well. But there are serious limitations to doing anything graphical. Xfce is the closest it came to being a decent experience (although in part I blame Nouveau).
Andrew
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