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) -- Matthias Kurz; Fuldastr. 3; D-28199 Bremen; VOICE +49 421 53 600 47 >> Im prämotorischen Cortex kann jeder ein Held sein. (bdw) << ______________________________________________________________________ The OpenPKG Project www.openpkg.org Developer Communication List openpkg-dev@openpkg.org