Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 14:40:15 +0000 From: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org> To: Chris Nicol <nicolc@uleth.ca> Cc: x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /usr/ports/x11/xorg build fail on SunBlade 100 Message-ID: <20200416144015.GA24371@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <0161cd12-6085-2e6f-bdfd-fcab5969ae8e@uleth.ca> References: <0161cd12-6085-2e6f-bdfd-fcab5969ae8e@uleth.ca>
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On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 03:31:58PM -0600, Chris Nicol wrote: > Dear X11@FreeBSD, > > I have recently installed FreeBSD 12.1 on a SunBlade 100, then built > portsnap on the system, to build some additional items from /usr/ports. Hi Chris, While I'll be perhaps more happy than others if FreeBSD could run on sparc64 platforms, reality gets in the way, unfortunately. Our sparc64 port did not proper attention in years, and support for it had deteriorated considerably since ~10.4-STABLE times. We (FreeBSD Project) simply don't have sufficient resources, mainly manpower, to keep the sparc64 port viable. As disappointing as it sounds, modern hardware got a lot more complicated and that dictates us to pay more attention to mainstream platforms rather than the Sun Blade 100 series which hit the market back in 2001 and 2002. Support for sparc64 had been officially dropped in 13-CURRENT, and while 12.1 release notes (hardware compatibility) still lists it as supported architecture, you'd probably better off with 10.4 or even another OS such as NetBSD. > One of the first things to work on was getting X Windows up and running, > so I ran a "make install" in the /usr/ports/x11/xorg directory. Given the above, I don't think running modern X11 stack would give you pleasant experience even if you manage to somehow build and run it. It could still be probably useful as a server, but while some of us would try to help, you'd have to understand that when running 12.1, not to say 10.4, you should be ready for self-support. ./danfe (FreeBSD and old hardware lover).
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