Re: SPARC port page
John Hasler said:
> I recently referred a SPARC user to http://www.debian.org/ports/sparc/. He
> came back and said that the Debian SPARC port was too old to bother with.
> Looking at the page I see, under "Current Status",
>
> Debian SPARC in Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 (``potato'') uses Linux 2.2 (which
> ^^^^^^
> includes SPARC patches), the release GNU libc 2.1, egcs 1.1.2, etc. In
> short, recent work in the GNU toolchain is enabling us to keep all of the
> Debian ports in sync.
>
> I had understood that Woody included all architectures.
This is true; it's the /ports/sparc/ page that is incorrect. (It is not
being maintained by the debian-sparc@ people unfortunately.)
The sparc install manual for woody is probably a good point for your
friend to start reading:
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/sparc/install
Andrew.
--
Andrew Shugg <andrew@neep.com.au> http://www.neep.com.au/
"Just remember, Mr Fawlty, there's always someone worse off than yourself."
"Is there? Well I'd like to meet him. I could do with a good laugh."
Reply to: