Re: Binary packages for NetBSD/m68k 3.0 w/ pkgsrc-2006Q1

Greg Oster <[email protected]> Wed, 10 May 2006 07:48:11 -0600

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David Aiau writes:
> Hello Greg
> 
> On  9/05/2006, you wrote:
> 
> > Hi
>  
> > After pushing a few of my m68k boxes[*] to build pkgsrc-2006Q1 for the 
> > past 40+ days, I'm happy to announce that I've finished uploading
> > 1000+ packages to:
>  
> > ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/pkgsrc-2006Q1/NetBSD-3.0/m68k
>  
> > There is about 900MB of binary package goodness for m68k boxen, 
> > including fun things like KDE 3.5.1, gnumeric, and ImageMagick :)  
>  
> > And no, I havn't tested any of these... the only thing tested during 
> > this build was my patience for m68k boxes :) 
>  
> > Enjoy!
>  
> well I'm glad someone stills cares! :D
> 
> nice work
> 
> small obvious clearification... if I install the m68k version of 3.0 on
> one of my Amigas and install any of these packages you have created they
> will function correctly, yes? :)

You just install NetBSD-3.0/amiga and then you can use these packages.  
Similarly, someone with a Mac capable of running NetBSD-3.0/mac68k can 
install NetBSD-3.0/mac68k, and these packages will run.  (and 
likewise for NetBSD-3.0/next68k, NetBSD-3.0/hp300, etc.)

Later...

Greg Oster