Re: [Debian-ppc64-devel] Re: Bug#263743: Call For Help - Please support the ppc64 architecture

2005-03-16 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Thu, 2005-03-17 at 01:07 +, Scott James Remnant wrote: > On Thu, 2005-03-17 at 01:57 +0100, Andreas Jochens wrote: > > > On 05-Mar-17 00:10, Scott James Remnant wrote: > > > No, I would just prefer consistency. You've deliberately chosen an > > > architecture name that's jarringly differen

Re: [Debian-ppc64-devel] Call For Help - Please support the ppc64 architecture

2005-03-16 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 23:59 +0100, Andreas Jochens wrote: > On 05-Mar-17 09:46, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > Have we any proper way of doing multiarch setups ? The "proper" way to > > do ppc64 is to have both archs libs and 32 bits userland for most > >

Re: [Debian-ppc64-devel] Call For Help - Please support the ppc64 architecture

2005-03-16 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 23:59 +0100, Andreas Jochens wrote: > On 05-Mar-17 09:46, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > Have we any proper way of doing multiarch setups ? The "proper" way to > > do ppc64 is to have both archs libs and 32 bits userland for most > >

Re: [Debian-ppc64-devel] Re: Bug#263743: Call For Help - Please support the ppc64 architecture

2005-03-16 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 22:24 +, Scott James Remnant wrote: > On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 23:14 +0100, Andreas Jochens wrote: > > > On 05-Mar-16 22:01, Scott James Remnant wrote: > > > On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 22:48 +0100, Andreas Jochens wrote: > > > > > > My concern is the same as that of the Project

Re: [Debian-ppc64-devel] Re: Bug#263743: Call For Help - Please support the ppc64 architecture

2005-03-16 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
> However, I still do not understand why you and/or the Project Leader > want to override the decision of the porters and choose a different name > than the LSB specifies. I am not saying that Debian should always follow > the LSB blindly, but I cannot see a good reason for deviating from the >

Re: [Debian-ppc64-devel] Re: Bug#263743: Call For Help - Please support the ppc64 architecture

2005-03-16 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
> Anyway, the biarch approach will also need a 'dpkg' which supports > separate 64-bit ppc64 packages in the end. > > What are your concerns? Do you refuse to support a native 64-bit > powerpc64/ppc64 port? Or do you want a different name for it? I think there is not real point in doing so, or

Re: [Debian-ppc64-devel] Call For Help - Please support the ppc64 architecture

2005-03-16 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 20:27 +0100, Andreas Jochens wrote: > Hello, > > This is a call for help from the 'ppc64' porters. > > On 05-Mar-14 16:14, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > > Also, as with the amd64 port, there is disagreement about the name. > > While ppc64 would be nicer and in line with the LSB