[gentoo-dev] Gentoo PPC announcement

[gentoo-dev] Gentoo PPC announcement

[Pieter Van den Abeele]

Hello,

Experimental/testing Gentoo PPC iso/build tarballs can be downloaded from:
http://gentooppc.sunsite.dk 

PPC portage can be accessed using cvs:
CVSROOT=:pserver:cvs@sunsite.dk:/pack/anoncvs (password=cvs)

An anonymously rsyncable PPC portage: (setup later today)
rsync://sunsite.dk/gentooppc/gentooppc/portage/

regards,

Pieter

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Pieter Van den Abeele
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gentoo ppc cvs problem (was Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo PPC announcement)

[linux-dev]

> Experimental/testing Gentoo PPC iso/build tarballs can be downloaded from:
> http://gentooppc.sunsite.dk 

i'm trying it out right now,

> PPC portage can be accessed using cvs:
> CVSROOT=:pserver:cvs@sunsite.dk:/pack/anoncvs (password=cvs)

but i can't login using  cvs  as a password.
this is what i'm typing:

cvs -d:pserver:cvs@sunsite.dk:/pack/anoncvs login
(Logging in to cvs@sunsite.dk)
CVS password: 
cvs [login aborted]: connect to sunsite.dk:2401 failed: Connection timed out

> An anonymously rsyncable PPC portage: (setup later today)
> rsync://sunsite.dk/gentooppc/gentooppc/portage/

this isn't setup yet, thus the cvs question...

it's looking great so far!  (but i need the portage tree for the bootstrap!)

/r

Re: gentoo ppc cvs problem (was Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo PPC announcement)

[Pieter Van Den Abeele]

On Thu, 4 Apr 2002, linux-dev wrote:


> > PPC portage can be accessed using cvs:
> > CVSROOT=:pserver:cvs@sunsite.dk:/pack/anoncvs (password=cvs)
> 
> but i can't login using  cvs  as a password.
> this is what i'm typing:
> 
> cvs -d:pserver:cvs@sunsite.dk:/pack/anoncvs login
> (Logging in to cvs@sunsite.dk)
> CVS password: 
> cvs [login aborted]: connect to sunsite.dk:2401 failed: Connection timed out

pvdabeel@laptop:~/temp$ cvs -d :pserver:cvs@sunsite.dk:/pack/anoncvs login
CVS password:
pvdabeel@laptop:~/temp$
pvdabeel@laptop:~/temp$ cvs -d :pserver:cvs@sunsite.dk:/pack/anoncvs
export -D "now" gentooppc/portage
cvswrapper server: Updating gentooppc/portage
...

Works fine for me :-)

> > An anonymously rsyncable PPC portage: (setup later today)
> > rsync://sunsite.dk/gentooppc/gentooppc/portage/
> 
> this isn't setup yet, thus the cvs question...
> 
> it's looking great so far!  (but i need the portage tree for the bootstrap!)

rsync will be setup asap 

Pieter

Re: gentoo ppc cvs problem (was Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo PPC announcement)

[linux-dev]

> Works fine for me :-)

after a few connection-reset-by-peer errors, i got it.  thanks.

> rsync will be setup asap 

comment for others: cvs wasn't included on the install CD iso
(not that i know of).  so i'm copying it from the x86 machine.
rsync is included.


any word on making that gentoo-ppc mailing list?!

[gentoo-dev] [gentoo-ppc] make.conf settings for the PowerPC

[linux-dev]

the make.conf file for the gentoo-ppc port are pretty much 
identical to the make.conf file for the normal x86 distribution.

which settings should i use for a G3 400 MHz Powerbook?

Thanks.
/r

Re: [gentoo-dev] [gentoo-ppc] make.conf settings for the PowerPC

[Pieter Van Den Abeele]

On Fri, 5 Apr 2002, linux-dev wrote:

> the make.conf file for the gentoo-ppc port are pretty much 
> identical to the make.conf file for the normal x86 distribution.
> 
> which settings should i use for a G3 400 MHz Powerbook?

untested:

CHOST="powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-mcpu=powerpc -O2 -pipe"
CXXFLAGS="-mcpu=powerpc -O2 -pipe"

SYNC="cvs://:pserver:cvs@sunsite.dk:/pack/anoncvs"
#Password for the cvs server is 'cvs' 

#SYNC="rsync://sunsite.dk/gentooppc/gentooppc/portage" Rsync should be
available soon, for now just use cvs

regards,

Pieter
(Time recorded: 3.15am, should really be going to bed now :-) )

---
Pieter Van den Abeele
pvdabeel@vub.ac.be

Re: [gentoo-dev] [gentoo-ppc] bootstrap/portage problem

[Jared H. Hudson]

Are you sure you're giving portage long enough?
linux-2.4.17.tar.bz2 take a LONG time to unpack and considering you're 
using a laptop, it's probably has 4400 RPM drives in it which will take 
even longer.

If you want to know if that is what it is doing, then while it's sitting 
there, open another terminal and repeatidly type df, see if your filesystem
usage is going up.

-Jared

On Sat, 6 Apr 2002, linux-dev wrote:

> 
> trying to run the bootstrap.sh script
> 
> > untested:
> > 
> > CHOST="powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu"
> > CFLAGS="-mcpu=powerpc -O2 -pipe"
> > CXXFLAGS="-mcpu=powerpc -O2 -pipe"
> > 
> > SYNC="cvs://:pserver:cvs@sunsite.dk:/pack/anoncvs"
> > #Password for the cvs server is 'cvs' 
> > 
> > #SYNC="rsync://sunsite.dk/gentooppc/gentooppc/portage" Rsync should be
> > available soon, for now just use cvs
> 
> i used the above settings in addition to using the mirrors.sunsite.dk/gentoo mirror
> for the GENTOO_MIRRORS variable.  i've got a G3 400MHz Powerbook.
> 
> portage merges, then it proceeds to emerge sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.4.17-r5,
> downloads http://mirrors.sunsite.dk/gentoo/distfiles/linux-2.4.17.tar.bz2 and
> http://mirrors.sunsite.dk/gentoo/distfiles/linux-2.4.17-r5.patch.bz2 to the
> proper distfiles directory, but when it tries to unpack linux-2.4.17.tar.bz2,
> portage hangs.  if i interrupt the process, i get:
> 
> !!! Portage interrupted by SIGINT; exiting.
> 
> *** Unpack Aborted ***
> 
> if i restart the process, portage still hangs.
> 
> is the portage-1.8.12 functional?  are my make.conf settings wrong?
> where could the problem be?  thanks...
> 
> /r
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[gentoo-dev] [gentoo-ppc] bootstrap/portage problem

[linux-dev]

trying to run the bootstrap.sh script

> untested:
> 
> CHOST="powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu"
> CFLAGS="-mcpu=powerpc -O2 -pipe"
> CXXFLAGS="-mcpu=powerpc -O2 -pipe"
> 
> SYNC="cvs://:pserver:cvs@sunsite.dk:/pack/anoncvs"
> #Password for the cvs server is 'cvs' 
> 
> #SYNC="rsync://sunsite.dk/gentooppc/gentooppc/portage" Rsync should be
> available soon, for now just use cvs

i used the above settings in addition to using the mirrors.sunsite.dk/gentoo mirror
for the GENTOO_MIRRORS variable.  i've got a G3 400MHz Powerbook.

portage merges, then it proceeds to emerge sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.4.17-r5,
downloads http://mirrors.sunsite.dk/gentoo/distfiles/linux-2.4.17.tar.bz2 and
http://mirrors.sunsite.dk/gentoo/distfiles/linux-2.4.17-r5.patch.bz2 to the
proper distfiles directory, but when it tries to unpack linux-2.4.17.tar.bz2,
portage hangs.  if i interrupt the process, i get:

!!! Portage interrupted by SIGINT; exiting.

*** Unpack Aborted ***

if i restart the process, portage still hangs.

is the portage-1.8.12 functional?  are my make.conf settings wrong?
where could the problem be?  thanks...

/r

Re: [gentoo-dev] [gentoo-ppc] bootstrap/portage problem

[linux-dev]

> Are you sure you're giving portage long enough?

well, 15 minutes seemed like a long time just to unpack
a source.  no hard drive sounds.  400MHz of powerpc chip
+ 5000 or so RPM HD shouldn't be THAT slow?

i'm still at the bootstrap stage, so df gives me:

  df: cannot read table of mounted filesystems: No such file or directory

when i interrupted the process, and tried
to re-run bootstrap.sh, it tries to emerge sys-apps/portage-1.8.12 to /
at which point it hangs!

not sure what to do about this.  seems like a portage problem?
or some strange setting somewhere?

/r

Re: [gentoo-dev] [gentoo-ppc] bootstrap/portage problem

[Kain]

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On Sat, Apr 06, 2002 at 12:56:02AM +0200, linux-dev wrote:
> 
> trying to run the bootstrap.sh script
> portage merges, then it proceeds to emerge sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.4.17-r5,
> downloads http://mirrors.sunsite.dk/gentoo/distfiles/linux-2.4.17.tar.bz2 and
This isn't right... you should be emerging
linux-headers-2.4.19.ebuild... I'll check cvs and see if I have it in
there right when I get back from work.
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Re: [gentoo-dev] [gentoo-ppc] bootstrap/portage problem

[Pieter Van den Abeele]

On Saturday 06 April 2002 00:56, you wrote:
> trying to run the bootstrap.sh script
>
> > untested:
> >
> > CHOST="powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu"
> > CFLAGS="-mcpu=powerpc -O2 -pipe"
> > CXXFLAGS="-mcpu=powerpc -O2 -pipe"
> >
> > SYNC="cvs://:pserver:cvs@sunsite.dk:/pack/anoncvs"
> > #Password for the cvs server is 'cvs'
> >
> > #SYNC="rsync://sunsite.dk/gentooppc/gentooppc/portage" Rsync should be
> > available soon, for now just use cvs
>
> i used the above settings in addition to using the
> mirrors.sunsite.dk/gentoo mirror for the GENTOO_MIRRORS variable.  i've got
> a G3 400MHz Powerbook.
>
> portage merges, then it proceeds to emerge
> sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.4.17-r5, downloads
> http://mirrors.sunsite.dk/gentoo/distfiles/linux-2.4.17.tar.bz2 and
> http://mirrors.sunsite.dk/gentoo/distfiles/linux-2.4.17-r5.patch.bz2 to the
> proper distfiles directory, but when it tries to unpack
> linux-2.4.17.tar.bz2, portage hangs.  if i interrupt the process, i get:
>
> !!! Portage interrupted by SIGINT; exiting.
>
> *** Unpack Aborted ***
>
> if i restart the process, portage still hangs.
>
> is the portage-1.8.12 functional?  are my make.conf settings wrong?
> where could the problem be?  thanks...

Something is apparently wrong. First of all bootstrap (or a script started by 
bootstrap) shouldn't merge that x86 kernel but a ppc kernel (2.4.19). But 
apparently the problem is not happening using the kernel but unpacking it?!?, 
could you test if you're able to download the kernel yourself and unpack it 
using the system you've got now? Maybe the kernel you downloaded is not 
correclty downloaded...

I've looked into the problem and fixed some things in portage. An x86 kernel 
shouldn't definately be merged again using the new portage.  I've temporarily 
masked all kernels that aren't ppc patched. I think the best thing you could 
do is start installing gentooppc again and look if your problems are still 
there.

I've also created two gentoo-ppc mailinglists for those interested in 
gentoo-ppc:

gentooppc-dev@sunsite.dk
gentooppc-announce@sunsite.dk

to subscribe email: gentooppc-dev-subscribe@sunsite.dk and/or 
gentooppc-announce@sunsite.dk

Instructions can be obtained from gentooppc-dev-help@sunsite.dk or 
gentooppc-announce-help@sunsite.dk

We're working on rsync access to gentooppc.sunsite.dk. (To be exact: I'm just 
waiting for sunsite.dk support to install a simple (5 line) script into their 
crontab. I don't know what exactly they are doing that takes so long... must 
be they are figuring out how to use cron.)

Updated build/iso (with cvs merged in and updated locations) are available 
for download from http://gentooppc.sunsite.dk

-- 
Pieter Van den Abeele
pvdabeel@vub.ac.be

Re: [gentoo-dev] [gentoo-ppc] bootstrap/portage problem

[Pieter Van den Abeele]

On Saturday 06 April 2002 18:38, you wrote:
> > I've also created two gentoo-ppc mailinglists for those interested in
> > gentoo-ppc:
>
> excellent idea.
>
> > to subscribe email: gentooppc-dev-subscribe@sunsite.dk and/or
> > gentooppc-announce@sunsite.dk
>
> the second address should read
>   gentooppc-announce-subscribe@sunsite.dk
>
>
> QUESTION:  where would the archives be located ? (via http)

good question indeed, those are ezml lists... not mailman but will check it 
out.

> glad you could put cvs in, thanks... will try this in a bit.

I'm currently working on a complete portage update 
(KDE3 etc ...) 

> /r
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Re: [gentoo-dev] [gentoo-ppc] bootstrap/portage problem

[linux-dev]

> I've also created two gentoo-ppc mailinglists for those interested in 
> gentoo-ppc:

excellent idea.

> to subscribe email: gentooppc-dev-subscribe@sunsite.dk and/or 
> gentooppc-announce@sunsite.dk

the second address should read 
  gentooppc-announce-subscribe@sunsite.dk


QUESTION:  where would the archives be located ? (via http)


> Updated build/iso (with cvs merged in and updated locations) are available 
> for download from http://gentooppc.sunsite.dk

glad you could put cvs in, thanks... will try this in a bit.


/r