Hi List,
Can someone provide us with a list of repositories for cutting edge
.rpm packages? dev.linuxppc.org should be devel.linuxppc.org, but
apart from Franz Sirl's regular glibc/binutils/gcc/rpm updates (grand!),
not much seems to happen anymore since last September. There's an
almost-M12 mozilla, that crashes when I type in an url. Then, there's
some odd stuff in contrib and updates at ftp.linuxppc.org.
On the other hand, ftp.<cc>.debian.org has stuff such as XFree 3.3.6,
emacs-20.5 (which is good, I was having a lot of trouble with my 20.3
emacs), a recent mozilla-M12, that can be alienised, but the glibc seems
to be 'stuck' at libc6_2.1.2-5.deb.
Kernel development seems to have moved from vger to openprojects to
Paul's at linuxcare: rsync -auvz linuxcare.com.au::linux-pmac-devel.
I was able to compile and boot the 2.3.39 kernel, with only minor
troubles. Initially, X (fbdev) comes up with a distorted screen,
but after a circle of zooming (C-M-+), it's fine. Also, my eth0 (Bmac)
and eth1 (pci) get swapped, which makes for silly network-setup
problems.
On a related, totally off-topic note: I can't seem to find how to
verify package integrity with dpkg, eg, the equivalent for rpm --verify.
I've setup a partition this summer with a minimal debian installation,
just to test it out. But at that time, I had only low-bandwidth and
deer internet access. The debian distribution was having quite some
problems then, and updating by burning a cdrom a week didn't really work
for me. Now I'm using that partition to run compiles on: I removed all
docs and other stuff, so that a lot of packages should be reinstalled.
However, `chroot /mnt/debian/root dpkg --audit', and `dpkg --status
<some-doc-truncated-package>' say all is ok? How to fix and upgrade
this?
Greetings,
Jan.
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You can grab latest YDL development stuff at
ftp://ftp.devel.yellowdoglinux.com/pub/ruffpack
Some of these packages do have YDL specific modifications, patches, etc.
but if you want more current stuff it is available.
Regards,
Dan
Hi List,
Can someone provide us with a list of repositories for cutting edge
.rpm packages? dev.linuxppc.org should be devel.linuxppc.org, but
apart from Franz Sirl's regular glibc/binutils/gcc/rpm updates (grand!),
not much seems to happen anymore since last September. There's an
almost-M12 mozilla, that crashes when I type in an url. Then, there's
some odd stuff in contrib and updates at ftp.linuxppc.org.
On the other hand, ftp.<cc>.debian.org has stuff such as XFree 3.3.6,
emacs-20.5 (which is good, I was having a lot of trouble with my 20.3
emacs), a recent mozilla-M12, that can be alienised, but the glibc seems
to be 'stuck' at libc6_2.1.2-5.deb.
Kernel development seems to have moved from vger to openprojects to
Paul's at linuxcare: rsync -auvz linuxcare.com.au::linux-pmac-devel.
I was able to compile and boot the 2.3.39 kernel, with only minor
troubles. Initially, X (fbdev) comes up with a distorted screen,
but after a circle of zooming (C-M-+), it's fine. Also, my eth0 (Bmac)
and eth1 (pci) get swapped, which makes for silly network-setup
problems.
On a related, totally off-topic note: I can't seem to find how to
verify package integrity with dpkg, eg, the equivalent for rpm --verify.
I've setup a partition this summer with a minimal debian installation,
just to test it out. But at that time, I had only low-bandwidth and
deer internet access. The debian distribution was having quite some
problems then, and updating by burning a cdrom a week didn't really work
for me. Now I'm using that partition to run compiles on: I removed all
docs and other stuff, so that a lot of packages should be reinstalled.
However, `chroot /mnt/debian/root dpkg --audit', and `dpkg --status
<some-doc-truncated-package>' say all is ok? How to fix and upgrade
this?
Greetings,
Jan.
--
Jan Nieuwenhuizen [off-list ref] | GNU LilyPond - The music typesetter
http://www.xs4all.nl/~jantien | http://www.lilypond.org
Regards,
Dan
Terra Soft Solutions, Inc.
Yellow Dog Linux
"The Ultimate Companion for a Dedicated Server"
http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/
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http://www.blacklablinux.com/
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Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote:
Hi List,
Can someone provide us with a list of repositories for cutting edge
.rpm packages? dev.linuxppc.org should be devel.linuxppc.org, but
apart from Franz Sirl's regular glibc/binutils/gcc/rpm updates (grand!),
not much seems to happen anymore since last September. There's an
almost-M12 mozilla, that crashes when I type in an url. Then, there's
some odd stuff in contrib and updates at ftp.linuxppc.org.
There is some pretty interesting recent stuff in contrib, but have you
ever thought about contributing yourself? The current versions of gcc
and glibc
are so stable that you can basically take the latest *.src.rpms or even
tgzs from anywhere and compile them with only minor tweaking.
On the other hand, ftp.<cc>.debian.org has stuff such as XFree 3.3.6,
emacs-20.5 (which is good, I was having a lot of trouble with my 20.3
ftp.mklinux.org has new RPMS, for example emacs-20.5 RPMS. The latest
xemacs versions (both stable and devel) also exist as RPMS or are easily
compilable.
And then it looks like a major new release from linuxppc.com is
imminent...
emacs), a recent mozilla-M12, that can be alienised, but the glibc seems
to be 'stuck' at libc6_2.1.2-5.deb.
Kernel development seems to have moved from vger to openprojects to
Paul's at linuxcare: rsync -auvz linuxcare.com.au::linux-pmac-devel.
Vger is quite alive in recent days. I have their kernel versions
2.2.15-pre2
and 2.3.40 (pre something), both running OK for me.
Considering that this is such a small community and that there is quite
a lot of competition of LinuxPPC and MkLinux, YDL and imaclinux,
turbolinux, debian, SuSE (far too much for my taste), I think the amount
of development coming out of it is rather awesome.
--
Martin
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