From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 1 17:54:34 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A72D106567C for ; Fri, 1 Aug 2008 17:54:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr5.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr5.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.25]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B77C18FC16 for ; Fri, 1 Aug 2008 17:54:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [82.95.250.254]) by smtp-vbr5.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m71HsV7w030265; Fri, 1 Aug 2008 19:54:32 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.14.2/8.13.3) with ESMTP id m71HsVl6002881; Fri, 1 Aug 2008 19:54:31 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m71HsUeS002880; Fri, 1 Aug 2008 19:54:30 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wb) Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 19:54:30 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Dieter Message-ID: <20080801175430.GA2860@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <20080801145822.GC1356@freebie.xs4all.nl> <200808011653.QAA17051@sopwith.solgatos.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200808011653.QAA17051@sopwith.solgatos.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: firefox3 build fails on alpha X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:54:34 -0000 Quoting Dieter, who wrote on Fri, Aug 01, 2008 at 09:53:25AM +0100 .. > > Thing is, ports have not been built on -alpha for > > ages now. There is not even a working Alpha machine anymore in the > > FreeBSD.org cluster for ports folks to test on if they were inclined to do > > so. ports have always been tricky on alpha, given the limited # of people > > running FreeBSD on Alpha. > > I've been running NetBSD/Alpha for many years, and beaten a lot of software > into submission on it. I don't recall a single problem that wasn't ILP32 > vs LP64. FreeBSD runs on AMD64, AMD64 is LP64, so what is the big problem > getting apps to run on Alpha once they run on AMD64? Yes, I know that People willing to spend the time, do the work, test the work etc etc. > hostility from the firefox people. > > Firefox in the original Greek means "segmentation fault". ;-) -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org