Re: 10.1 is working on a SGI Challenge S

Jonathan Chapman <[email protected]> Wed, 07 Jan 2026 13:24:35 +0000

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> the main problem was a lack of binary package availability. Have there be=
en any developments on that front? I wondered about the possibility of runn=
ing 64-bit MIPS packages, which seemed to be the only thing available last =
time I checked.

I cross-build most of the packages I use on a NetBSD/AMD64 VM and native bu=
ild...mostly only Perl I think. `pkgsrc` has you covered with crossbuild su=
pport out of the box. Might be nice to have a coordinated effort to make bi=
nary packages available somewhere though.

Thanks,
Jonathan