Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2020 10:27:47 -0600 From: Bill Sorenson <instructionset@gmail.com> To: Alex Ernst <alex.ernst19@gmail.com>, freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD sparc64 Message-ID: <CACcTwYk8FXhWPqt8euxkdhi3y=w%2BVL_fcbqc39zDf9GmUZmnBA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20200206153104.GA23054@lonesome.com> References: <CAMV3nYQwh2vYMce_SeATvRnz1iyJk9_tC4rvCDejmF0hnKN9Mw@mail.gmail.com> <20200206153104.GA23054@lonesome.com>
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On Thu, Feb 6, 2020 at 9:31 AM Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> wrote: > > Correct. portmgr has not built packages for sparc64 in many years. > > Up until about a year ago I was building them myself, but other work > called me away from that task. > > Unfortunately sparc64 has now (officially) fallen below the threshhold > where FreeBSD can support it. As of a week or two ago support was > removed from the -CURRENT src tree. > > So, I'm sorry, but I think you should pick one of the other *BSDs at > this point. > > mcl I've been a hobbyist user of FreeBSD on sparc64 for quite a while. I've had reasonable luck with 11.X, issues with 12.X. Going forward I'd recommend OpenBSD, its been very stable for me, very few issues and many packages are available pre-built.help
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