Package: dpkg Version: 1.14.25 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch User: debian-sp...@lists.debian.org Usertags: sparc64
Please add support for a sparc64 architecture below. I know that such support was present in dpkg at some time, so let me give some rationale for such a new port: - Debian currently only support 64-bit kernels. - The current userland is 32-bit, but needs a SPARC V9 CPU, which supports 64-bit instructions. - 32-bit toolchain is not supported anymore upstream. - The use of > 4GB per process is not that uncommon those days, especially in scientific computation applications. diff -Nru dpkg-1.15.5.4/cputable dpkg-1.15.5.4+sparc64/cputable --- dpkg-1.15.5.4/cputable 2009-11-14 09:08:24.000000000 +0000 +++ dpkg-1.15.5.4+sparc64/cputable 2009-12-08 08:46:12.000000000 +0000 @@ -37,3 +37,4 @@ sh4 sh4 sh4 32 little sh4eb sh4eb sh4eb 32 big sparc sparc sparc 32 big +sparc64 sparc64 sparc64 64 big -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0.2 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: sparc (sparc64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-sparc64 Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages dpkg depends on: ii coreutils 6.10-6 The GNU core utilities ii libc6 2.7-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii lzma 4.43-14 Compression method of 7z format in dpkg recommends no packages. Versions of packages dpkg suggests: ii apt 0.7.20.2+lenny1 Advanced front-end for dpkg -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
