Re: What are the current available browser options for debian-ppc64?
Hi Jan,
On Sat, 2024-11-30 at 09:34 +0100, Jan Montag wrote:
> I am with you,
> I tried to apply the patches provided by solaris, I tried to compile but
> on the Powermac itself it lasts three days to compile with the end of
> did'nt successfully compiled. I do understand now the problem of not
> having the time or not having the hardware or to be frustrated because
> nothing works.
I don't recommend using an old PowerMac for building anything as big as
Firefox. Rather, I'd recommend either requesting an instance running
Debian ppc64 (big-endian) on the OpenPOWER platform [1] or getting an
account with the GCC Compile Farm [2].
Both are free for FOSS developers.
> Meanwhile I tried to crosscompile that thing for powerpc64 on my macbook
> pro m1 pro so it should go faster, but I always have problems with (I
> think) big endian things.
I'd suggest making sure first that the code builds fine with the patches
applied. You can do that natively on x86_64 or M1.
> Another option I thought could be to emulate a power8 system with a lot
> of cores and to install also debian 12 ppc64 on this and compile there…
I don't recommend that, it's just too slow.
> I also think about power consumption of the POwermac G5 when he compiles
> 3 days for nothing with both cores at 100%.
Yeah, not really recommend.
> Til this day I never had success to compile Firefox successfully even once.
Firefox builds just fine on ppc64:
- https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=firefox&arch=ppc64&ver=133.0-1&stamp=1732700057&raw=0
> I know that even famous Rene Rebe is not able to compile because things
> are broken.
Again, it builds fine in Debian ;-).
Adrian
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