... > About headers problems, as the snapshot I built was restructuring the include > files to use a include/bits subdirectory, it sure have introduced new bugs. > I hope an upgrade to a newer snapshot will fix them.
I've rebuilt my machine from scratch (if anybody is at all interested I now have a base1_2.tgz package that will install/ configure your debian system from start to end). It looks like the more hairy of the problems I was experiencing (massive amounts of redefinitions etc) were due to a badly screwed up /usr/include, as they have largely gone away following the reinstall. I'm presently trying to get sp_1.1.1-4 recompiled so that I can recompile dpkg, and following this I plan to work my way through the base packages; the objective is to have a libc6 based base debian-sparc-linux distribution from which to work. Incedentally, performance degrades during the compile of sp to the point where no other tasks are scheduled; this occurs with the original vmlinux-2.0.29, as well as a 2.1.51 series kernel I've built myself. It's interesting to note that suspending gcc (via ^Z), running sync, and then resuming (via fg) returns the machine to normal operation. Machine is a 24M IPC w/600M SUN unipac hard drive. Obviously, the kernel is still responsive; VC switching still works, and the machine is still pingable. However, applications (shell, top) running on other VC's are never scheduled, and gcc itself appears to hang (time/date on top was 12 hours behind realtime after leaving gcc to process one source file all night long, pause/sync/resume the following morning finished compilation in ~5 minutes). > If you cannot wait for 2 or 3 weeks, I can post Debian files & patches on this > list, so someone will be able to build a new package. > Note that it takes about 7 hours on a Sparc-5 70MHz 64 MB to build ;-(( > And many more when compilation problems occur ;-) I *dream* about having a sparc5/70MHz/64M :) Seriously though, I have an ipc, a sparc2 and an ultra here. Is it possible to cross compile from sun-sun4u-solaris2.5.1 to debian-sun4c-linux? If so, this would speed *my* development efforts immensely. (I'm compiling my kernels on the ultra at the moment). Cheerio.. -- Simon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) say my name, sun shines through the rain... ... a whole life so lonely, then you come and ease the pain -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .