+1!
I have near zero interest unless it's running on SPARC or ARM.

PC platform needs be allowed to die, not be encouraged by talented
unix people who have smarter stuff to do with their time.

On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 10:39 AM rmd <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> just read the following post. Is there a OI install path for sparc systems and
> if, where can it be found?
> I mean, sparc was in the open source release of solaris in the beginning,
> where is it right now?
>
> Rolf
> > On Nov 12, 2019, at 3:06 AM, Gary Mills <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Once you have installed and booted the OI SPARC disk, you will see that:
> >
> >    $ pkg publisher
> >    PUBLISHER                   TYPE     STATUS P LOCATION
> >    oi-userland                 origin   online F file:///data/userland/repo/
> >
> > Initially, there's nothing at that location.  You can change it, of
> > course, but if you want to leave it alone, start by creating a directory
> > or filesystem and directory at /data/userland .
> >
> > The repository unpacks into another directory called repo .  You can
> > unpack it directly into /data/userland, like this:
> >
> >    # gzcat .../OI_2018_repository.tar.gz | gtar xof -
> >
> > If you run this command as root, the repository files will all be
> > owned by root:root .  You can always change the ownership with
> >
> >    # chmod -R <user>:<group> repo
> >
> > if you need to.  You can also unpack it someplace else and put a symlink
> > called repo in the /data/userland directory.
> >
> > The repository contains all the installed package plus hundreds more.
> > Try some pkg commands just to make sure it's working correctly.  You
> > may need to do:
> >
> >    # pkg refresh
> >
> > before it responds.
> >
> > Here are some packages to install to create a development system:
> >
> >    developer/gcc-6
> >    developer/as
> >    developer/build/onbld
> >    system/header
> >    system/header/header-audio
> >    system/library/mozilla-nss/header-nss
> >    developer/build/autoconf
> >    developer/build/autoconf-archive
> >    developer/build/automake
> >    developer/build/cmake
> >    developer/build/help2man
> >    developer/build/libtool
> >    developer/build/pkg-config
> >    developer/lexer/flex
> >    developer/library/xprofile
> >    developer/parser/bison
> >    developer/versioning/git
> >
> > You will need these to get lint:
> >
> >    developer/sunstudio12u1/cc
> >    developer/sunstudio12u1/backend
> >
> > You will also need an editor.  vi and ex are already installed.
> > To get emacs, install this package:
> >
> >    editor/gnu-emacs/gnu-emacs-no-x11
> >
> > Note that there's no java in this repository.  I was unable to build
> > it because it required graphic libraries and headers.  Most likely I
> > used an overly-restrictive definition of graphics on a text-only
> > system: I'll have another try at building it.
> >
> > In the meantime, you can download these archives from java.net:
> >
> >    jdk-7u79-solaris-sparc.tar.gz
> >    jdk-7u79-solaris-sparcv9.tar.gz
> >
> >
> > I recommend you install them in /opt/jdk1.7.0_79, and create these
> > symlinks to get java:
> >
> >    /usr/java -> /opt/jdk1.7.0_79
> >    /usr/bin/java -> ../java/bin/java
> >
> > In /usr/jdk create these directories:
> >
> >    instances
> >    packages
> >
> > and these symlinks:
> >
> >    jdk1.7.0_79 -> instances/jdk1.7.0
> >    latest -> jdk1.7.0_79
> >
> > Finally, in /usr/jdk/instances create this symlink:
> >
> >    jdk1.7.0 -> /opt/jdk1.7.0_79
> >
> > Please let me know how this all goes, and what packages might be
> > missing.
> >
> >
> > --
> > -Gary Mills-          -refurb-                -Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada-
> >
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