Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 23:08:52 -0700 From: "Adam K." <akranzel@gmail.com> To: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sun Fire 280R questions. Message-ID: <fbe499bd0905122308y4c3478f5uebbbff6e94cac9ca@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20090512215255.GA31766@lonesome.com> References: <fbe499bd0905121206w4a6f0ffcwb22c261c6b816203@mail.gmail.com> <20090512215255.GA31766@lonesome.com>
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On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 2:52 PM, Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> wrote: > On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 12:06:07PM -0700, Adam K. wrote: > > Any known issues with the ports system on Sparc64? > > Yes, numerous ones :-) It doesn't see as much use as i386 or amd64 > (by a long shot), and numerous ports assume that they are running on > i386, both due to integer size and byte ordering. You'll want to look > at portsmon.freebsd.org and www.freshports.org for more information. > Right now there's no current "what ports don't build on sparc64" page; > I need to update it. > > mcl Okay. If I do end up getting the machine, I'll see if I can do some test builds of some of the major ports, if that'd be useful. -Adam
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