From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 31 21:45:36 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61AE91065670; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:45:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xcllnt@mac.com) Received: from asmtpout030.mac.com (asmtpout030.mac.com [17.148.16.105]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D3828FC19; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:45:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xcllnt@mac.com) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes Received: from macbook-pro.jnpr.net (natint3.juniper.net [66.129.224.36]) by asmtp030.mac.com (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-8.01 (built Dec 16 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTPSA id <0KNO00KBZ1RXDL10@asmtp030.mac.com>; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:45:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Marcel Moolenaar In-reply-to: <4A7344B4.9060402@fgznet.ch> Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:45:33 -0700 Message-id: <4BB87807-BDD3-45DA-B82A-AAB05F877C4A@mac.com> References: <84BEFCFB-4E8E-4483-95D4-0D570663E3EF@mac.com> <4A7344B4.9060402@fgznet.ch> To: Andreas Tobler X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1074) Cc: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org, FreeBSD PowerPC ML Subject: Re: No 8.0-BETA3 for ia64 & powerpc X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:45:36 -0000 On Jul 31, 2009, at 12:23 PM, Andreas Tobler wrote: > Hi Marcel, > > Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > >> I'm on vacation for the next 10 days and that's right at the time >> of BETA3 unfortunately. So there will be no BETA3 for ia64 and >> powerpc (unless someone steps up). >> Keep the testing going and keep reporting problems. They will all >> be addressed in time for 8.0-RC1!!! > > Is it sufficent to build (kernel & world) and test -CURRENT svn on > powerpc? Yes, definitely. Just make sure to run... # make delete-old # make delete-old-libs # mergemaster -U ...after the install. That should cleanup some old stuff that may prevent good testing. BTW: A lot of libraries got their version bumped, so all ports/packages need to be rebuilt. FYI, -- Marcel Moolenaar xcllnt@mac.com