Re: mac68k install process

Well thats kinda crappy ;-)

Seriously, I understand why dropping mac68k makes
sense.  I 'll just raise a glass in its honor tonight
when I get home.

As far as it being broken, what exactly IS broken? 
I'll admit I haven't kept up on m68k as much as I used
to, (was just looking into getting my mac68k 3.3
machine upraded; last nights install was on the test
machine), so I may have missed the "it's broken"
email.

And how broken is it?  I'll admit that if I offered
help for fixing/keeping m68k up to date, I'll probably
be way in over my head, but sink or swin, right?

--Matt

> Matt R wrote:
> > Hey list
> > 
> > after struggling with the mac68k installer, I've
> > decided I wanted to do something about it.  I seem
> to
> > remember a conversation with the list back when
> 3.3
> > was new...something to the effect of " we have the
> > source but can't compile it ".
> > 
> > If someone would be so kind as to point me at said
> > source and what tools they need or just let me
> know
> > what tools they need, I will find/get/buy/whatever
> to
> > get the freaking installer updated.
> 
>
ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.5/mac68k/utils/Installer_1.3_src.sea.hqx
> 
> Can't remember what compiler this thing uses, it is
> on the MacOS 
> platform.  It is pretty clearly spelled out in the
> SEA file.  At this 
> point, the version used would be something like ten
> years old -- I'm not 
> sure how much, if at all, the Mac world has kept
> producing 680x0 
> development tools.  The hard part is finding it.
> 
> However, a word of warning: All the m68k platforms
> have been broke for 
> quite some time now, and I'm not aware of anyone
> actively working on a 
> fix.  You will note no snaps for any of the m68k
> platforms (hp300, 
> mvme68k, mac68k) have been made since 3.5 was
> released.  No, it isn't 
> because we switched to gcc3 and are still waiting
> for the first snap to 
> complete compilation...  At this point, I somewhat
> suspect OpenBSD v3.6 
> will ship with a few less platforms.  Evolving the
> installer at this 
> point may not be overly productive. 8-/
> 
> Nick.
> -- 
> http://www.holland-consulting.net
> 
> 



		
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