From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Jan 30 8:23: 1 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from rwcrmhc51.attbi.com (rwcrmhc51.attbi.com [204.127.198.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4374A37B404; Wed, 30 Jan 2002 08:22:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from peter3.wemm.org ([12.232.27.13]) by rwcrmhc51.attbi.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with ESMTP id <20020130162249.NDL26243.rwcrmhc51.attbi.com@peter3.wemm.org>; Wed, 30 Jan 2002 16:22:49 +0000 Received: from overcee.wemm.org (overcee.wemm.org [10.0.0.3]) by peter3.wemm.org (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id g0UGMms50846; Wed, 30 Jan 2002 08:22:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from peter@wemm.org) Received: from wemm.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by overcee.wemm.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABCCF3A9A; Wed, 30 Jan 2002 08:22:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from peter@wemm.org) X-Mailer: exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 To: Wilko Bulte Cc: Jesper Skriver , "David O'Brien" , Ruslan Ermilov , alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Latest binutils import breaks Alpha cross compiles In-Reply-To: <20020130071556.D41646@freebie.xs4all.nl> Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 08:22:48 -0800 From: Peter Wemm Message-Id: <20020130162248.ABCCF3A9A@overcee.wemm.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message