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On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 09:33:14PM -0800, darren kirby wrote: |
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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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Did you try the glibc on the installation/Live CDs? |
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If there is no packages, simply copy all the glibc files over and try |
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it. |
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Basically, if you don't want to reinstall, you need a good glibc and |
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a good toolchain (gcc, binutils). |
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Once you have that, rebuild glibc. |
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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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Gentoo is not really design for production environments because you |
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have no guarranty if all packages have been tested with the exact |
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same settings, lib version, gcc version, etc. as you. |
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It does not really have things to do with the ppc architecture itself. |
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I would recommend using an other operating system than Gentoo for your |
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server if keeping it running 24/24 and smoothly is an issue. Also, |
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for servers, you probably don't want to do updates other than security |
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updates. |
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David |
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David Bélanger |
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Web page: http://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~dbelan2/ |
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Public key: http://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~dbelan2/public_key.txt |
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