On Fri, Oct 21, 2005, Stuart Shelton wrote:

[...]
> I previously successfully bootstrapped openpkg-20050920 (with SGI cc
> rather than gcc), and I read that bootstrapping shouldn't be attempted
> again unless the existing installation is completely removed - which I'm
> not overly keen on doing ;)

You can build and upgrade the openpkg (rpm) package like every other
package.

> I had heard discussion of IRIX moving to "supported" status in a future
> release (or even, previously, this 2.5 release?) - is this still the
> plan, or has it gone onto the back-burner?

Too many problems, too few developers.

> P.S. Is it possible to some donate low-end SGI hardware to the OpenPKG
> Foundation in order to accelerate the IRIX development effort?  I know a
> few people with spare machines and potentially an interest in this...

I'm sure, the hardware would be welcome. But what about some people
"donating" some work ?


   (mk)

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