Re: intent to package pa-risc stuff

[Martin Schulze <joey@finlandia.Infodrom.North.DE>]

Justin Maurer wrote:
> consider this my intent to package pa-risc egcs and binutils. the kernel, when 
> one arrives, too. i speak with the puffins (www.thepuffingroup.com, for those 
> who don't know) on a daily basis, so i suppose i am a good candidate. i plan 
> to order myself a machine when my next paycheck rolls around (if spi wants 
> to foot some of the bill, that would be just fine by me...:), but the port is 
> still *months* away from a booting kernel.

I wonder if this ITP is a little bit early then...

> anyway, since for now they will be x-compilers, where should the bins be 
> placed? should egcs be /usr/bin/egcs-parisc? /usr/parisc/egcs?

We will have to create binary-parisc or similar.

As the beginning, where no port exists, a directory within
experimental looks proper to me.

Justin, can you find out if those machines are binary compatible.
I've heard that there are two general types flying around (5i and
3i, iirc).  I wonder if one new architecture is enough or if we
need both - like for mips.

Regards,

	Joey

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