Re: HPPA and lenny

[Christoph Martin <martin@uni-mainz.de>]

Peter Palfrader schrieb:
> Christoph Martin schrieb am Sonntag, dem 14. Dezember 2008:
> 
>> I just installed a old hppa (c100) machine with etch. Maybe the machine
>> could help as an autobuilder.
> 
> Is it able to boot recent kernels successfully?  

It runs with 2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-parisc

> Can it build ruby1.9
> successfully, without dying, in an up-to-date sid chroot?  Can you try a
> few times?

I'll try.

> If the machine should prove to be stable, can we have it hosted in a
> place where we already have debian infrastructure, say darmstadt, or
> does it need to stay at your site?

It might be possible to get it transferred to darmstadt. Maybe I can get
hold of another parisc machine which just got out ouf production. I have
to talk to my team.

Christoph