Re: Disk errors on PowerBook 180

On Wednesday, May 13th, 2026 at 4:58 PM, Nat Sloss <[email protected]=
m.au> wrote:

> >tinyx-wscons for mac68k architecture is not available from pkgsrc?
>
> For the moment there are no pakages for tinyx-wscons for mac68k, you can =
cross compile a package for it though using the compiler tools from a mac68=
k release build of NetBSD.
>
> I've found when cross compiling packages it is necessary to replace the b=
uildlink libs from the package build directory with the ones from a mac68k =
release (/usr/X11/libs) otherwize linking the cross compiled package fails.
>
> For my setup I unpack pkgsrc sources to a directory.
>
> Build a mac68k release with the stock X11.
>
> and change to the packages directory ie /home/admin/pkgsrc/x11/tinyx-wsco=
ns
>
> run USE_CROSS_COMPILE=3Dyes make package-install.
>
> I have the following in my /etc/mk.conf:
>
> .if !empty(USE_CROSS_COMPILE:M[yY][eE][sS])
>
> # Point pkgsrc at the NetBSD tooldir and destdir for cross builds.
>
> CROSS_MACHINE_ARCH=3Dm68k
>
> CROSSBASE=3D ${LOCALBASE}/cross-${TARGET_ARCH:U${MACHINE_ARCH:S/m68ksf/m6=
8k/}}
>
> TOOLDIR=3D /home/admin/mac68k-softfloat/tooldir.NetBSD-11.99.1-amd64/
>
> CROSS_DESTDIR=3D /home/admin/mac68k-softfloat/destdir.mac68k
>
> # Specify the machine architecture of target packages.
>
> # Specify the OS of target packages.
>
> CROSS_OPSYS=3D NetBSD
>
> CROSS_OS_VERSION=3D 10.0
>
> CROSS_OPSYS_VERSION=3D 100000
>
> CROSS_LOWER_OPSYS=3D netbsd
>
> CROSS_LOWER_OPSYS_VERSUFFIX=3D # empty
>
> CROSS_LOWER_OS_VARIANT=3D # empty
>
> CROSS_LOWER_VARIANT_VERSION=3D # empty
>
> CROSS_LOWER_VENDOR=3D # empty
>
> CROSS_OBJECT_FMT=3D ELF
>
> PKGSRC_USE_SSP=3D no
>
> PKGSRC_USE_STACK_CHECK?=3D no
>
> .endif
>
> My mac68k tool directory is the one from the mac68k release I built in /h=
ome/admin/mac68k-softfloat (as I built a softfloat relase for my powerbooks=
 - its a bit faster).
>
> The compilation runs until it errors with linking and displays unknown ar=
ch for libraries.
>
> So I change to the package/tiny-wscons/work.NetBSD.m68k work directory an=
d remove buildlink/libs/* and copy from my NetBSD-mac68k release directory =
mac68k-softfloat/destdir.mac68k/usr/X11R7/libs/* to buildlink/libs same for=
 any dependent libraries in mac68k-softfloat/destdir.mac68k/usr/pkg/lib/* t=
o buildlink/libs/ and rerun USE_CROSS_COMPILE=3Dyes make package-install
>
> There will be a package in pkgsrc/packages.m68k/All which you can then in=
stall on the macintosh.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Nat

Could you please be kind enough to share your build of tinyx-wscons?