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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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