kfreebsd-amd64 (was Test version of glibc 2.3.5-10, kfreebsd-amd64)

[Aurelien Jarno]

Petr Salinger a écrit :
> On the other hand, what about kfreebsd-amd64 ?
> (yes, I brought it up again).
> 
> Things, that have to be solved:
> 
> * archive 
>         ? ftp.debian.org 
>         ? ftp.gnuab.org 

That will be ftp.gnuab.org until we have something

> * gcc (toolchain) support
>         cross
>         biarch on i386
>         native on amd6
>         biarch on amd64

On GNU/Linux, it's biarch for both. If the kernel supports that, why not 
doing the same?

> * glibc
>         2.3.6 based

Why not 2.3.5? I think we should use the same version as the Debian 
package. However, current sysdeps for kfreebsd-i386 are for 2.3.6 and 
used with 2.3.5.

> 
> * kernel
>         ? 5.4 or 6.0
Well in our current kernel, we have no patches specific to i386 (except 
one that fixes the syntax with new binutils), so both kernel should work 
as on i386. Therefore, I think we should support both.

> * buildd machine
> * buildd admin
> * porting machine
> * porting machine admin

That part is maybe the most difficult one. However, to start the port, 
we do not need a buildd machine, we could start by building the packages 
by hand. Moreover, until we have a usable version of the port, it it is 
not really possible to setup a machine :) Also note that qemu is a good 
software to start an OS.

Then the buildd will be necessary. We have too look how much too pay for 
a low cost AMD64 machine. I can temporarily host the buildd machine here 
if needed. As for the admin, he/she has to be a Debian developer to be 
able to upload packages.

For the porting machine, that's another step, but I think we have time 
until we really need one.

Bye,
Aurelien

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