1 |
Just a copy of a response to Glenn Burns. I tried to CC gentoo-sparc in |
2 |
my response, but misspelled 'sparc'. It's been that sort of day. |
3 |
|
4 |
-------- Forwarded Message -------- |
5 |
From: Ferris McCormick <fmccor@g.o> |
6 |
To: glenn <glenn.burns@×××××.com> |
7 |
Cc: gentoo-soarc@g.o |
8 |
Subject: Re: [gentoo-sparc] ultra 5/gentoo xorg-x11 questions |
9 |
Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 19:10:58 +0000 |
10 |
|
11 |
On Thu, 2005-12-08 at 11:33 -0600, glenn wrote: |
12 |
> On 11/22/05, Ferris McCormick <fmccor@g.o> wrote: |
13 |
> >I do not see how you can compile anything at all |
14 |
> > on that system at this point. Just for fun, try something like |
15 |
> > ebuild /usr/portage/sys-devel/gcc-3.3.5.20050130-r1.ebuild \ |
16 |
> > fetch unpack compile install |
17 |
> > (A complete rebuild of the gcc compiler without actually installing it |
18 |
> > into the running system.) That build should give your system more |
19 |
> > exercise that xorg-x11 has for you so far. |
20 |
> > > |
21 |
> > -- |
22 |
> > Ferris McCormick (P44626, MI) |
23 |
> > Developer, Gentoo Linux (sparc, devrel) |
24 |
> |
25 |
> |
26 |
> ferris: |
27 |
> |
28 |
> i hope you don't mind me emailing you directly. i just wanted to let |
29 |
> you know that i ran the ebuild command above and it was able to |
30 |
> compile without errors. i also compiled the kernel at the same time |
31 |
> to give the box/gcc a workout of sorts. both the kernel compile and |
32 |
> the ebuild finished with out errors. prior this, i decided to emerge |
33 |
> -e system and other than a couple of minor issues not related to |
34 |
> compiles, the emerge -e system also finished without problems. |
35 |
> |
36 |
> i still can't get xorg-x11 to build properly. |
37 |
> |
38 |
> i'm a complete n00b when it comes to IRC's but i will try to join and |
39 |
> solicit ideas from there. i appreciate your help and all the work you |
40 |
> guys do to make gentoo-sparc happen. |
41 |
> |
42 |
> -=glenn=- |
43 |
Well, I didn't know anything about IRC until a couple years ago, either, |
44 |
so it can be done. |
45 |
|
46 |
I notice that you have had some communication with davem (David Miller). |
47 |
Be sure to take anything he says very seriously. He is the lead kernel |
48 |
person for the sparc linux kernel, and when he suggests concentrating on |
49 |
your disk, believe him. As he says, data from the header files is not |
50 |
making it correctly to the compiler. If I recall correctly, there are a |
51 |
lot of symbolic links involved in what leads up to your problem, and |
52 |
that might be significant. (I know that in general, when building |
53 |
xorg-x11, most header files are symbolic links to something else; I just |
54 |
don't know about your specific failure.) |
55 |
|
56 |
Regards, |
57 |
Ferris |
58 |
-- |
59 |
Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <fmccor@g.o> |
60 |
Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Devrel) |