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Date:      Wed, 30 Jan 2002 08:22:48 -0800
From:      Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org>
To:        Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl>
Cc:        Jesper Skriver <jesper@FreeBSD.ORG>, "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG>, Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.ORG>, alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Latest binutils import breaks Alpha cross compiles 
Message-ID:  <20020130162248.ABCCF3A9A@overcee.wemm.org>
In-Reply-To: <20020130071556.D41646@freebie.xs4all.nl> 

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Wilko Bulte wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 03:10:11AM +0100, Jesper Skriver wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 12:02:18PM -0800, David O'Brien wrote:
> > > On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 07:08:21PM +0200, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> > > > David!
> > > > 
> > > > After the latest binutils import, attempts to cross-compile
> > > > Alpha fail at the cross-tools stage of buildworld as shown
> > > > below.  Please also note sed(1) complaints about nonexistent
> > > > ldscripts/ files.  I suspect that "normal" alpha worlds may
> > > > be broken as well, but I can't tell for sure.
> > > 
> > > I am sure it probably is.  There is a lack of developers using -current
> > > on Alpha's that progress on i386, IA64, x86-64, and sparc64 cannot be
> > > held back.  I will fix the Alpha problems when I get a chance, but it may
> > > be a week.
> > 
> > If it's a lack of available hardware, perhaps I can help, I have one
> > alpha (a alpha station 220, I think) currently running -stable, and will
> > likely get between one and three more later this week, I could easily
> > make one or two available to the community.
> 
> I think it would not hurt to have a few boxes running -current 
> accesible via the Net. Most -alpha folk don't run -current as the
> Alpha port is very often broken as a 'by product' of x86 developments.
> That makes -current/Alpha often a frustrating place to be.

Well, there is (sort of) one box available.  With beast.freebsd.org,
committers can do buildworlds etc.  There is local disk space, and
MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX is your friend.

Cheers,
-Peter
--
Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au
"All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5


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