From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 6 18:37:14 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 785AB106566B for ; Sun, 6 Feb 2011 18:37:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xcllnt@mac.com) Received: from asmtpout026.mac.com (asmtpout026.mac.com [17.148.16.101]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F4D58FC12 for ; Sun, 6 Feb 2011 18:37:14 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Received: from dhcp-192-168-2-13.wifi.xcllnt.net (atm.xcllnt.net [70.36.220.6]) by asmtp026.mac.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Exchange Server 7u4-20.01 64bit (built Nov 21 2010)) with ESMTPSA id <0LG700793I9N0830@asmtp026.mac.com> for freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.org; Sun, 06 Feb 2011 09:37:00 -0800 (PST) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.2.15,1.0.148,0.0.0000 definitions=2011-02-06_04:2011-02-04, 2011-02-06, 1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 suspectscore=6 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=6.0.2-1012030000 definitions=main-1102060082 From: Marcel Moolenaar In-reply-to: Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2011 09:36:59 -0800 Message-id: <6359C42F-F60A-4AD9-9067-37CE0050B59D@mac.com> References: To: bf1783@gmail.com X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1082) Cc: freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: -current snapshots X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2011 18:37:14 -0000 On Feb 5, 2011, at 11:59 PM, b. f. wrote: >> On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 3:56 PM, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: >> All, >> >> I built and uploaded 201102 snapshots for ia64 and powerpc. >> Please give them a spin if you have a chance so that we can >> address any issues well in advance of the upcoming 9.0 >> release. > > On what other FreeBSD architectures can current ia64 and powerpc > snapshots be reliably cross-built, if any? While we can reliably cross-build the sources for any architecture on any architecture (TTBOMK), we do not have a cross-capable release process. Snapshots, being releases, can therefore not be cross-built. FYI, -- Marcel Moolenaar xcllnt@mac.com