Hi Kevin, Sorry to say, but i think so, yes, you'll have to compile the lot. There is no news of a new version for the sparc-distro, and as the last days of 2002 slipped away, the same with the hope for a 8.1 sparc release.
One would hope that all the packages that WERE built succesfully, could be available on the ftp-server. For instance, for ia-32 and ppc, ther are several project-directories with pre-compiles rpm's... ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/poeml/apache2/8.1-i386/ or ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/samba/i386/8.1/ Or something like a pre-beta version with everything that did compile ok, like: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc64/BETA/ I would hope, that if a new (version of) package is build for IA-32, suse can run the same source packages through a cross-compiler for ia-64, ppc, ibm, sparc-32 sparc-64,.... and put the result in an "compiled but untested" directory. If it even failes to compile for a different arch, it might be a good reason to check the source files anyway. And if it succeeds, the community can have a bite at it, until a new release makes it official. (or do i see things too simple...) Just my 0.02 euro cents. -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Pfeiffer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: woensdag 1 januari 2003 20:56 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [suse-sparc] necessary to compile new versions? Hi, I spent a better part of the afternoon compiling a newer version of Apache, PHP, etc. for my sparc-linux machine. I assume this is necessary but thought I'd at least ask after the fact: can one use packages pre-built for intel-linux on sparc machines running linux? -K (Happy New Year!) -- Kevin Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - www.iu-bremen.de Online Editorial Services - International University Bremen "The rule still applies. However, this rule will not be enforced." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
