From owner-freebsd-alpha Fri Dec 25 20:48:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA01075 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Fri, 25 Dec 1998 20:48:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.HiWAAY.net (fly.HiWAAY.net [208.147.154.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA01069; Fri, 25 Dec 1998 20:48:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sprice@hiwaay.net) Received: from localhost (sprice@localhost) by mail.HiWAAY.net (8.9.1a/8.9.0) with SMTP id WAA11515; Fri, 25 Dec 1998 22:48:41 -0600 (CST) Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 22:48:40 -0600 (CST) From: Steve Price To: Hidetoshi Shimokawa cc: alpha@FreeBSD.ORG, asami@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Alpha ports collection? In-Reply-To: <19981225174011S.simokawa@sat.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, 25 Dec 1998, Hidetoshi Shimokawa wrote: # I did it in very silly way, make package in each ports/*/* directory. # I've read his paper and I'd like to try it once his scripts are placed # somewhere. I can get them for you (or Satoshi can) if you really want them. # We may have alpha specific ports. (e.g. fast math library written in assembler) # BRONKEN_I386 or ONLY_FOR_ALPHA should be necessary. Some math libraries come with assembly for multiple platforms. A good example is the GNU gmp library. I do agree however that we should probably seriously consider adding ${ARCH}_ONLY and BROKEN_${ARCH} to bsd.port.mk. # sprice> What kind of connectivity to *.freebsd.org do you have? # # Not so bad. # simokawa@ett[9]:~/tmp> ping freebsd.org # PING freebsd.org (204.216.27.18): 56 data bytes # 64 bytes from 204.216.27.18: icmp_seq=0 ttl=242 time=131.462 ms # 64 bytes from 204.216.27.18: icmp_seq=1 ttl=242 time=135.267 ms Not bad for being across the ocean. :) # Actually, I have no modified port tree now. Once a policy (BROKEN_* # , "ifdef __alpha__" or "ifdef __alpha") is settled, I'll start to fix # ports for alpha. Satoshi, I'll have some time after next Wednesday (family reunion in Texas starting tomorrow) to work up some patches. Got any preferences for the new features. One think someone should probably take a look at how (Net|Open)BSD is handling this. They have a ports tree that looks somewhat like our own and surely they have something in there to handle multiple archs. # Shall I send "weekly (or daily) report on broken ports on alpha"? I certainly wouldn't mind seeing a weekly status report. I'll let Satoshi speak for himself. :) However we should probably hold off on sending this out to everyone at least in the very near term until we get established who's doing what and where all the packages are going to live. Otherwise we'll be fielding tons of Email asking where things are and if our only answer is "on our personal machines" they could get miffed. Thanks. -steve PS: As I alluded to earlier I will be out of pocket for the next five days so don't write me off if you don't hear from me again until next Wednesday. # /\ Hidetoshi Shimokawa # \/ simokawa@sat.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp # PGP public key: finger -l simokawa@sat.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp # # # To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message