Re: GNOME and mklinux

[Sven <luther dpt-info u-strasbg fr>]

> Unfortunately I'm running mkLinux, not LinuxPPC (NuBus machine can't run
> LinuxPPC). DR3 of mkLinux uses Redhat's package manager, and the name of the
> glibc package is 'glibc-0.96.1212-1g.rpm'. It's dated May 6. I'm not at my

it's the same glibc 1.99.xxx that is used in all ppc linuxes right now, including 
the rpms from linuxppc.

i don't think there is reason why you could not install debian-powerpc on top of a mklinux kernel, but then i am not very knowledgeable on mac linuxes.

if you have a free partition, you should try it, and subscribe to debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org

> assuming it's very old. Previously for various reasons I tried compiling
> glibc-2.0, but there is no ppc support. Does anyone know what version of
> glibc supports ppc?

in glibc 2.0 there is no support for ppc, nor sparc and this architectures use 
glibc pre 2.1, who was only fixed recently to work for ppc.

a yes one problem is that you need a kernel with the chown/lchown situation fixed.
what is the situation of those on mklinux ?

there is a installation document at :


http://master.debian.org/~joey/powerpc/install.html

Hope this help.

(* but remember it is all still very alpha ... err not yet official, but it should work without much problems. *)

Friendly,

Sven LUTHER