maanantaina 14. elokuuta 2023 klo 22.03.10 UTC+3 Alexander Schreiber <als%thangorodrim.ch@localhost> kirjoitti:
On Sun, Aug 13, 2023 at 08:32:20AM -0400, Greg Troxel wrote:
> In contemplating bulk builds and resources, I wonder if there are still
> people who:
>
> are running NetBSD/i386 (as opposed to amd64)
yes: NetBSD <machine> 9.3 NetBSD 9.3 (<MACHINE>) #3: Wed Aug 17 18:46:46 UTC 2022 root@<machine>:/usr/obj/sys/arch/i386/compile/<MACHINE> i386
>
> are using the binary packges from quarterly branches on ftp.netbsd.org
Nope, what little I need I have the patience to build locally.
> are running NetBSD 10 already, or who intend to move to it soon or
> after release
>
> If you have a system that meets the above, please either reply here (the
> first few people :-) or just answer me privately. (I'd also be
> interested in which category below your use is.)
>
> Basically, I would think about not doing bulk builds if very few want
> them, relative to the effort/resources required to create them.
>
>
> My guess is that at this point, i386 use is limited to
>
> a) old embedded-type systems (soekris)
PCEngines Alix, running on Geode LX800.
> b) systems that are running i386 because they were first installed many
> years ago and haven't been converted to amd64 for no good reason or
> for some odd special case odd reason
The Alix was what I had available when I built the system and it is
still perfectly fast enough (gateway/firewall for a commercial VOiP
device).
> c) build systems to support category a/b systems, for testing or
> building private binary package sets
Was/is also used for testing pkgsrc packages as it is the only 32bit
NetBSD machine I have (all others are 64bit). That was how I found that
current GlusterFs doesn't support 32bit anymore.
Kind regards,
Alex.
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