Re: 10.1 is working on a SGI Challenge S

> On Jan 7, 2026, at 12:20=E2=80=AFPM, George Harvey =
<[email protected]> wrote:
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> On Wed, 07 Jan 2026 13:24:35 +0000
> Jonathan Chapman <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> I cross-build most of the packages I use on a NetBSD/AMD64 VM and =
native build...mostly only Perl I think. `pkgsrc` has you covered with =
crossbuild support out of the box. Might be nice to have a coordinated =
effort to make binary packages available somewhere though.
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> I'm also considering the cross-build route. I had look for binary =
packages after completing the install and they're not available for =
sgimips.

I had a fairly large number of packages (from circa 2012) installed on =
the system I was trying to upgrade last year. I tried the cross-build =
route (from macOS/arm64), but as I recall, I ended up spending numerous =
hours going pretty far down the rabbit hole with the web of dependencies =
before finally giving up on it.

I feel like the best approach would be to have a supported binary pkgsrc =
build available from netbsd.org. Given that binary builds for sgimips or =
mipseb are no longer supported by pkgsrc, and that R4000 and up are =
64-bit CPUs, I have wondered about the feasibility of using the =
available mips64eb packages. I noticed that there were various 64-bit =
kernel configurations in the sgimips tree, but it was unclear to what =
degree any of those were expected to work on systems like the Indy and =
Challenge S. I tried to build a 64-bit configuration for the Challenge S =
last year, but it was ultimately not successful in getting it to work.

Just wondering whether anyone else has already considered or attempted =
this.

Thanks!
Tim