From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.1 required=5.0 tests=AXB_XMAILER_MIMEOLE_OL_024C2, DATE_IN_PAST_12_24,DMARC_NONE,INVALID_DATE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from mta2.srv.hcvlny.cv.net ([167.206.5.5]) by cvs.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 3.30 #1) id 15cZyW-0005Hj-00 for gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org; Thu, 30 Aug 2001 16:07:49 -0600 Received: from wizard (ool-182dd662.dyn.optonline.net [24.45.214.98]) by mta2.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.0 Patch 2 (built Dec 14 2000)) with SMTP id <0GIW006FCISTA6@mta2.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> for gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org; Thu, 30 Aug 2001 18:07:41 -0400 (EDT) From: derosa Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Porting gentoo to the Alpha To: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org Message-id: <002b01c131a0$340dc2d0$14002a0a@wizard> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-priority: Normal References: <001201c1300f$32df1d10$14002a0a@wizard> <20010830070908.A11653@ares.dolly-llama.org> Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@cvs.gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@cvs.gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Thu Aug 30 16:08:02 2001 X-Original-Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 18:07:47 -0400 X-Archives-Salt: 3206071e-0cec-436d-8e3e-1a4f17d852ec X-Archives-Hash: 658720c143f14ef68290190245ec6882 One thing I was thinking, was a USE flag for any non-intel architechture, so if your trying to build lilo or grub from an alpha it won't work, and if you try to build milo from an i86 that won't work either. Just an idea. On Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 06:17:17PM -0400, derosa wrote: >I have recently set up an alpha machine running rh 7.1. I would like to port >gentoo to the alpha chipset. >My questions: >Are there any parts of the portage tree that are binary ? >Would it make more sense to start from rc6 build or rc5 build ? > Heh, this is open source in action. Someone installs something they like, it doesn't work on a platform they want to use it on so they decide to do a port! I love it! Thanks to you and Atma we may end up with alpha and x86 ports. Thank you for the contributions. drobbins, is there anything we'd need to do to the packages in the portage tree to make them "portable" among archs? I'd think that once glibc and gcc are setup everything would just sorta fall into place from CFLAGS="" etc.