On Thu, Oct 19, 2000 at 01:53:18PM -0700, Bill Studenmund wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Emmanuel Dreyfus wrote:
> 
> > > There's a pkgsrc for the suse Linux distribution on x86.  
> > 
> > Yes, that package has a problem: it uses binaries, and depending on the
> > CPU (i386, m68k, and maybe ppc in the future), we should download
> > different files. Currently, it works only for i386. It would make sense
> > to download the i386 Linux libs, the m68k Linux libs or the ppc Linux
> > libs, depending on the CPU. Anyway, this is not the biggest problem yet.
> > What should be done now (and that's what I'd like to get info about) is
> > kernel support for Linux compat for ppc. 
> 
> I think the idea with the suggestion was that we could use those packages
> as a start for powerpc packages. I'd vote we use the Yellow Dog
> distribution - they seem the most savvy (for ppc) from what I can tell.

Question here.  What files are needed in this package?  libc & whatelse?
I'd recommend using the PPC Reference Release (a new one is on the way,
rsn, really. :)).

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Tom Rini (TR1265)
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