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lincoln lrutledge at member.fsf.org
Tue Jan 11 15:24:04 MST 2005


Jeff:

-Attention to detail? Joking, right?

No, I was serious.  Have you tried other PPC Linuxes?  At least the YDL
installer works.

Lincoln
> Howdy,
> 
> I started poking through the documentation, and was looking for some
> help on setting up a source tree.  I know we get SRPMS on the cds, but
> how can we set this up so we can do our own build?  Also is there a
way
> to make this easier, using CVS, or does the SRPM system not do that?
> 
> I am really only looking for a source tree for the most basic parts,
the
> toolchain, kernel, shell, init, etcetera.
> 
> When I used to use OpenBSD they had a tarball that you pulled down,
and
> it had the standard release userland sources all set up.  Is there
some
> similar simple way under Yellow Dog?
> 
> BTW lots of people on this list criticize YDL, and I agree that not
> everything is perfect, but at least with an open system, you have the
> OPTION to try to make things work from source.  For example, if yum
lets
> you down, you can always make something build by hand.  And no matter
> what some people say, Debian's PPC support is a rock and a stick
> compared to YDL.  No other distribution devotes resources to their PPC
> port the way that YDL does, you can tell it is their focus by the
> attention to detail.
> 
> My two cents, I have tried other systems.  OpenBSD has good support,
but
> they do not support USB wifi for religious reasons etcetera, but I
have
> that freedom with YDL.  So, thanks for providing a good PPC Linux.
> 
> BOFH Excuse of the minute:
> poor power conditioning
> 
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