From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 21 10:52:37 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8382106564A for ; Sat, 21 Jan 2012 10:52:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1:3cd3:cd67:fafa:3d78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74AB18FC15 for ; Sat, 21 Jan 2012 10:52:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from seedling.black-earth.co.uk (seedling.black-earth.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1:fa1e:dfff:feda:c0bb]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q0LAqUgC065661 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Sat, 21 Jan 2012 10:52:31 GMT (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) X-DKIM: OpenDKIM Filter v2.4.2 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk q0LAqUgC065661 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infracaninophile.co.uk; s=201001-infracaninophile; t=1327143151; bh=Q7cPJBeO7llWLKRxbYQ3M4KW0fXjKefRBX6mOLpmxtM=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version:To:Subject:References: In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Cc; b=doW0ivfzggZEiCX+8fn93K3C8oXvUJ61iXLpbeAHLq+HaCj2IGsGeuVtL9JxfXilR vHvPXHKtlPhAV6SUOmg5w6L/6aQCBVoMNTlPEIUKB5sfAeioQddhN3KZXYmALY63Dq 2ZT0Pq14lDy+sToJbOhEdrrpyat7h2/2ojVBnGK8= Message-ID: <4F1A98E5.2060207@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2012 10:52:21 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:9.0) Gecko/20111222 Thunderbird/9.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.3.4 OpenPGP: id=60AE908C Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigD45CE70D3CCF3314AB51E8D4" X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.97.3 at lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk Subject: Re: freebsd-update and archs X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2012 10:52:37 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigD45CE70D3CCF3314AB51E8D4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 21/01/2012 10:25, Christer Solskogen wrote: > I've just finished installing FreeBSD on my "new" Mac mini G4, and > when I ran freebsd-update on it I found out that freebsd-update only > supports i386 and amd64 architectures. > How come? If that's not an Intel based Mac, then your definition of "new" is, well, contrary to all accepted usage. Tier-2 architectures aren't supported by freebsd-update for two reasons: * Lack of available hardware for build systems for freebsd-update to use. Not entirely sure what the status of cross-compilation is at the moment, but I believe the best results are still obtained by compiling natively. * Also, quite frankly, lack of demand. There simply aren't that many consumer or server grade systems available using PowerPC at the moment. (Not the case for embedded systems, but they are unlikely to be using the public freebsd-update servers.) Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matthew@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW --------------enigD45CE70D3CCF3314AB51E8D4 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.16 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk8amO0ACgkQ8Mjk52CukIykbwCdFAFejJ/KATVRV+Cu2JLx0B82 0iwAn2GGhXLPvIB1O9yiRDPQei65RiqF =kRKh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigD45CE70D3CCF3314AB51E8D4--