From owner-freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Thu Feb 11 20:51:23 2021 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B070534F8F for ; Thu, 11 Feb 2021 20:51:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bdragon@FreeBSD.org) Received: from smtp.freebsd.org (smtp.freebsd.org [96.47.72.83]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.freebsd.org", Issuer "R3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4Dc81R0WFVz4n7b for ; Thu, 11 Feb 2021 20:51:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bdragon@FreeBSD.org) Received: from auth1-smtp.messagingengine.com (auth1-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.227]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: bdragon/mail) by smtp.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E17C52A87E for ; Thu, 11 Feb 2021 20:51:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bdragon@FreeBSD.org) Received: from compute3.internal (compute3.nyi.internal [10.202.2.43]) by mailauth.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D92C27C0054 for ; Thu, 11 Feb 2021 15:51:22 -0500 (EST) Received: from imap38 ([10.202.2.88]) by compute3.internal (MEProxy); Thu, 11 Feb 2021 15:51:22 -0500 X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeduledrheelgddugeduucetufdoteggodetrfdotf fvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdfqfgfvpdfurfetoffkrfgpnffqhgen uceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucgfrhhlucfvnfffucdluddtmdenucfjughrpefofg ggkfgjfhffhffvufgtsehttdertderredtnecuhfhrohhmpedfuehrrghnughonhcuuegv rhhgrhgvnhdfuceosggurhgrghhonheshfhrvggvuefuffdrohhrgheqnecuggftrfgrth htvghrnhepteetleffuddvtddtuedvhfefheejvddvgfdvkedvfeethfegkedvkeelveeu vddunecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehmrghilhhfrhhomhepsg gurhgrghhonhdomhgvshhmthhprghuthhhphgvrhhsohhnrghlihhthidquddtgedvfeeh keeigedqudekuddtkeehuddqsggurhgrghhonheppefhrhgvvgeuufffrdhorhhgsehimh grphdrtggt X-ME-Proxy: Received: by mailuser.nyi.internal (Postfix, from userid 501) id DBD97CA005D; Thu, 11 Feb 2021 15:51:21 -0500 (EST) X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface User-Agent: Cyrus-JMAP/3.5.0-alpha0-141-gf094924a34-fm-20210210.001-gf094924a Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <345b1732-8042-4b1c-b1b5-f062b0d9e6a5@www.fastmail.com> In-Reply-To: References: <20210210223920.GA31353@lonesome.com> Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2021 14:51:01 -0600 From: "Brandon Bergren" To: "FreeBSD PowerPC ML" Subject: Re: how many users of FreeBSD 12 do we have on powerpc? Content-Type: text/plain X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2021 20:51:23 -0000 On Thu, Feb 11, 2021, at 2:32 PM, Julio Merino wrote: > I have a PowerMac G5 (that I got recently) currently running 12. It was an > awesome experience to install the system and quickly get going with "pkg > install" right after; wasn't expecting binary packages to be available at > all. > > I want to upgrade it to 13 but the last attempt at trying this release's > installer failed to boot... need to try again; we'll see. This is a known issue with the -BETA1 release that will be fixed in the next beta release. There was an issue that snuck in in December that only affected G5. It's fixed now in HEAD and stable-13 and the 13.0 release engineering branch. -- Brandon Bergren bdragon@FreeBSD.org