Binary packages for NetBSD/m68k 3.0 w/ pkgsrc-2006Q1

Hi

After pushing a few of my m68k boxes[*] to build
pkgsrc-2006Q1 for the 
past 40+ days, I'm happy to announce that I've finished
uploading
1000+ packages to:

 ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/pkgsrc-2006Q1/NetB
SD-3.0/m68k

There is about 900MB of binary package goodness for m68k
boxen, 
including fun things like KDE 3.5.1, gnumeric, and
ImageMagick   

And no, I havn't tested any of these... the only thing
tested during 
this build was my patience for m68k boxes  

Enjoy!

Later...

Greg Oster

[*] For the record, the current uptimes on 3 of the 
 build boxes are:
Macintosh Quadra 700  (6804025, 20MB RAM)
 9:08AM  up 28 days,  5:34, 2 users, load averages: 0.16,
0.11, 0.09
Macintosh Quadra 700  (6804025, 20MB RAM)
 9:08AM  up 41 days, 15:38, 2 users, load averages: 0.09,
0.10, 0.08
HP 9000/425t (6804025, 48MB RAM)
 9:09AM  up 41 days,  4:23, 2 users, load averages: 0.45,
0.16, 0.11
All are running NetBSD 3.0.

Hello Greg

On  9/05/2006, you wrote:

> Hi
 
> After pushing a few of my m68k boxes[*] to build
pkgsrc-2006Q1 for the 
> past 40+ days, I'm happy to announce that I've
finished uploading
> 1000+ packages to:
 
>
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/pkgsrc-2006Q1/NetBS
D-3.0/m68k
 
> There is about 900MB of binary package goodness for
m68k boxen, 
> including fun things like KDE 3.5.1, gnumeric, and
ImageMagick   
 
> And no, I havn't tested any of these... the only thing
tested during 
> this build was my patience for m68k boxes  
 
> Enjoy!
 
well I'm glad someone stills cares! 

nice work

small obvious clearification... if I install the m68k
version of 3.0 on
one of my Amigas and install any of these packages you have
created they
will function correctly, yes? 

Regards
 
~Yes I am a Kiwi, No, I did not appear as an extra in 'Lord
of the Rings'~

David Aiau writes:
> Hello Greg
> 
> On  9/05/2006, you wrote:
> 
> > Hi
>  
> > After pushing a few of my m68k boxes[*] to build
pkgsrc-2006Q1 for the 
> > past 40+ days, I'm happy to announce that I've
finished uploading
> > 1000+ packages to:
>  
> >
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/pkgsrc-2006Q1/NetBS
D-3.0/m68k
>  
> > There is about 900MB of binary package goodness
for m68k boxen, 
> > including fun things like KDE 3.5.1, gnumeric, and
ImageMagick   
>  
> > And no, I havn't tested any of these... the only
thing tested during 
> > this build was my patience for m68k boxes  
>  
> > Enjoy!
>  
> well I'm glad someone stills cares! 
> 
> nice work
> 
> small obvious clearification... if I install the m68k
version of 3.0 on
> one of my Amigas and install any of these packages you
have created they
> will function correctly, yes? 

You just install NetBSD-3.0/amiga and then you can use these
packages.  
Similarly, someone with a Mac capable of running
NetBSD-3.0/mac68k can 
install NetBSD-3.0/mac68k, and these packages will run. 
(and 
likewise for NetBSD-3.0/next68k, NetBSD-3.0/hp300, etc.)

Later...

Greg Oster

Greg Oster wrote:
> After pushing a few of my m68k boxes[*] to build
pkgsrc-2006Q1 for the 
> past 40+ days, I'm happy to announce that I've
finished uploading
> 1000+ packages to:
> 
> 
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/pkgsrc-2006Q1/NetBS
D-3.0/m68k
> 
> There is about 900MB of binary package goodness for
m68k boxen, 
> including fun things like KDE 3.5.1, gnumeric, and
ImageMagick   

What, no Mozilla?    I've got
to chuckle at the idea of using some of 
these on m68k...xscreensaver alone slows my box to a crawl.

> And no, I havn't tested any of these... the only thing
tested during 
> this build was my patience for m68k boxes  

This is definitely appreciated!  We haven't seen binary
packages in a 
long time.  Too bad that SCSI issue in 3.0 on mac68k will
likely prevent 
anybody from using these.  (Any other m68k people seeing
this?) 
Packages for 2.1 would be useful for this reason too.

Is there anything special required to build generic m68k
packages as 
opposed to mac68k/amiga/next68k/etc packages?

Thanks,
Tim
-- 
Tim & Alethea
christtrek.org

On Thu, 11 May 2006 05:10:18 -0500, Tim & Alethea Larson
<thelarsons3cox.net> wrote:

>Greg Oster wrote:
[...]
>> And no, I havn't tested any of these... the only
thing tested during
>> this build was my patience for m68k boxes 
>
>This is definitely appreciated!

   Me three!

> We haven't seen binary packages in a
>long time.  Too bad that SCSI issue in 3.0 on mac68k
will likely prevent
>anybody from using these.  (Any other m68k people seeing
this?)

   I did check out 3.0 briefly on a IIsi with 17MB of RAM. I
didn't see any
problems with the SCSI, but had to start up the Mac with
extensions off,
otherwise NetBSD would hang at booting. Other than that, I
can't remember
that I saw any serious problems with 3.0.
--
Regards,
/Bjarne.

Tim & Alethea Larson writes:
> Greg Oster wrote:
> > After pushing a few of my m68k boxes[*] to build
pkgsrc-2006Q1 for the 
> > past 40+ days, I'm happy to announce that I've
finished uploading
> > 1000+ packages to:
> > 
> > 
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/pkgsrc-2006Q1/NetBS
D-3.0/m68k
> > 
> > There is about 900MB of binary package goodness
for m68k boxen, 
> > including fun things like KDE 3.5.1, gnumeric, and
ImageMagick   
> 
> What, no Mozilla?    I've got
to chuckle at the idea of using some of 
> these on m68k...xscreensaver alone slows my box to a
crawl.

"I tried"... but it said something about not
being available for m68k 
boxes :-/

> > And no, I havn't tested any of these... the only
thing tested during 
> > this build was my patience for m68k boxes  
> 
> This is definitely appreciated!  We haven't seen
binary packages in a 
> long time.  Too bad that SCSI issue in 3.0 on mac68k
will likely prevent 
> anybody from using these.  (Any other m68k people
seeing this?) 

I certainly didn't see any SCSI issues on either of the
Q700's or my 
SE/30.. and they got into some very heavy paging in those 40
days....
(65MB processes on a 20MB machine isn't much fun :-} )

> Packages for 2.1 would be useful for this reason too.
> 
> Is there anything special required to build generic
m68k packages as 
> opposed to mac68k/amiga/next68k/etc packages?

Nope.

Later...

Greg Oster

Hi,

On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 07:29:31AM -0600, Greg Oster wrote:
> > Packages for 2.1 would be useful for this reason
too.
> > 
> > Is there anything special required to build
generic m68k packages as 
> > opposed to mac68k/amiga/next68k/etc packages?
> 
> Nope.
> 

There might be a misconception here.  Once you are running
NetBSD on machine X
and you don't depend on hardware specific features of
machine X, the same binary
(not kernel, binaries such as ls, mv, less, xemacs) will run
on machine Y
assuming that they have the same CPU (basically).

This means that a binary built on the amiga will run fine on
the 68k macs.
A binary built on a PPC prep machine will run fine on a
PowerMac, etc.

If you tell the compiler that you are going to build for the
68040 for example 
then it only will work on the other systems with an 040, not
with a 030.

cheers

bruce


-- 
edoneelsdf.lonestar.org
SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org

At 7:29 Uhr -0600 11.5.2006, Greg Oster wrote:
>> What, no Mozilla?    I've got
to chuckle at the idea of using some of
>> these on m68k...xscreensaver alone slows my box to
a crawl.
>
>"I tried"... but it said something about not
being available for m68k
>boxes :-/

Probably noone ever tested it?

I still have Mozilla 0.81 around somewhere that I built on
mac68k long ago...

	hauke

--
"It's never straight up and down"     (DEVO)