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Hello all, |
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First, for reference, I have been using Gentoo for many years, on many |
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different systems and types of hardware. |
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Having purchased a new Powermac G5, I decided to use my old G4 as my web and |
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mail server, and keep the old server as a dedicated firewall. So: Install |
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went just fine, booted up first time, all is well. Then I do an 'emerge -u |
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world' to get up to date. This is where the troubles started... |
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At first, the glibc emerge broke. I found this bug, which certainly looked |
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relevant: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=78951 |
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After trying the tip in post #11 glibc built, but bailed out whilst moving |
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files from the build directory to the live filesystem. Now everything |
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segfaults, from 'ls' to python (both 2.3 and 2.4). |
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So I guess I am resigned to a reinstall, though this really bugs me after the |
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time invested so far. I guess I have a few questions: |
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1. Is there any way around this? Are there binary packages of glibc for ppc I |
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could use to get around a reinstall? (wget still seems to work ;)) |
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2. Is this problem a sign of things to come? Is gentoo on ppc not stable |
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enough to use as a server? Any advice from experts on this? |
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I am not trying to flame, place blame, or anything else. I am just looking for |
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comments from users experienced with Gentoo on PPC. |
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Thanks, |
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-d |
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-- |
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darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org |
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"...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..." |
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- Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972 |