On Fri, Dec 15, 2006, Victor G. Bolshakov wrote:
> I?m planning to upgrade several x86 servers (running under Solaris 10) and
> noticed that there are no ix86-solaris10 build of 2-STABLE-20061018, only
> amd64-solaris10. I already know that amd64-solaris10 version 32bit build,
> but don?t know is it possible to install this build under Solaris 10 x86.
> So can I install amd64-solaris10 on x86 server
I don't know, I've never tried this myself. But it could work to use
it -- at least for quick bootstrapping until you rebuilt the packages
from scratch in-place. Just try it out, if something fails it certainly
is GCC. If this is the case please don't panic. You then just have to
temporarily install the Sun Studio or Sun Freeware GCC compiler (both
are freely available) and use those to build OpenPKG from scratch.
> and why there are no
> ix86-solaris10 build of 2-STABLE-20061018?
The binary packages for CORE class packages are provided just for
convenient bootstrapping reasons. They are provided for only those
platforms where the OpenPKG Foundation e.V. has a corresponding HW+OS
(= platform) locally available. The old ix86-solaris10 installation was
replaced with an amd64-solaris10 installation hence only the latter one
was available for 2-STABLE-20061018.
> P.S. I have similar questions about FreeBSD 6.2 build, but as I?m not going
> to upgrade current state of my FreeBSD server I?m not asking it.
On x86-freebsd6.2 you should be able to bootstrap with the binaries for
ix86-freebsd6.1. There is not such a large difference. But please notice
that on FreeBSD you usually never need the binary packages we provide.
FreeBSD ships with a compiler and a whole tool chain, so you easily can
install an OpenPKG instance from scratch via source packages.
Always remember that OpenPKG is a _source_ software distribution, not
a binary software distribution. The binary packages are provided for
extreme bootstrapping (no compiler at hand or not easily at hand) and
emergency (you need to get started very quickly) purposes only. That's
why only CORE class packages are provided as binaries and only for the
most important platforms.
Ralf S. Engelschall
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www.engelschall.com
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