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=2.8 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_12_24, DKIM_ADSP_NXDOMAIN,DMARC_MISSING,FSL_HELO_NON_FQDN_1,HELO_NO_DOMAIN, INVALID_DATE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RDNS_NONE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from [216.17.46.90] (helo=gentoo) by cvs.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 3.30 #1) id 15cQdJ-0008Q4-00 for gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org; Thu, 30 Aug 2001 06:09:17 -0600 Received: from blutgens by gentoo with local (Exim 3.32 #1) id 15cQdA-000324-00 for gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org; Thu, 30 Aug 2001 07:09:08 -0500 From: Ben Lutgens To: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Porting gentoo to the Alpha Message-ID: <20010830070908.A11653@ares.dolly-llama.org> References: <001201c1300f$32df1d10$14002a0a@wizard> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-md5; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="SLDf9lqlvOQaIe6s" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <001201c1300f$32df1d10$14002a0a@wizard>; from derosa@optonline.net on Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 06:17:17PM -0400 X-Mailer: all GUI clients SUCK!! 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 06:10:01 2001 X-Original-Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 07:09:08 -0500 X-Archives-Salt: 8b19cfc7-ac53-478c-a1ac-0edcae8099a3 X-Archives-Hash: 10fb84d011c20c1ef95ca9f81ac3f5c9 --SLDf9lqlvOQaIe6s Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 po= rt >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=3D"" etc. --=20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= ---- Ben Lutgens Gentoo Linux Developer and Anti-Okra Advocate http://www.gentoo.org --SLDf9lqlvOQaIe6s Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7jizjLxkxGgLdGQgRAs/KAJ9tmdNi4mtWzGfLu/Nrm1bCLX/CBACg0OEc zaPPvb8yYV3EzQlyibnS2o4= =dKTH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --SLDf9lqlvOQaIe6s--