From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mp2 ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by ms11 with LMTPS id iL3nNnehrV+PPQAA0tVLHw (envelope-from ) for ; Thu, 12 Nov 2020 20:56:23 +0000 Received: from aspmx1.migadu.com ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by mp2 with LMTPS id MCLBMnehrV/9BgAAB5/wlQ (envelope-from ) for ; Thu, 12 Nov 2020 20:56:23 +0000 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by aspmx1.migadu.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A6797940430 for ; Thu, 12 Nov 2020 20:56:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:35570 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kdJdm-00089M-KQ for larch@yhetil.org; Thu, 12 Nov 2020 15:56:22 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:49964) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kdJde-00089D-7R for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Nov 2020 15:56:14 -0500 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:60371) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kdJdd-0005lP-5p; Thu, 12 Nov 2020 15:56:13 -0500 Received: from [2a01:e0a:1d:7270:af76:b9b:ca24:c465] (port=58530 helo=ribbon) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1kdJdc-0007Cm-HF; Thu, 12 Nov 2020 15:56:12 -0500 From: =?utf-8?Q?Ludovic_Court=C3=A8s?= To: Tobias Platen Subject: Re: Working Guix on 64 bit PowerPC. References: <20201110205621.826d7354fc4a965c5ea23844@platen-software.de> X-URL: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ X-Revolutionary-Date: 22 Brumaire an 229 de la =?utf-8?Q?R=C3=A9volution?= X-PGP-Key-ID: 0x090B11993D9AEBB5 X-PGP-Key: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ludovic.asc X-PGP-Fingerprint: 3CE4 6455 8A84 FDC6 9DB4 0CFB 090B 1199 3D9A EBB5 X-OS: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2020 21:56:11 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20201110205621.826d7354fc4a965c5ea23844@platen-software.de> (Tobias Platen's message of "Tue, 10 Nov 2020 20:56:21 +0100") Message-ID: <871rgyguqc.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: guix-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" X-Scanner: ns3122888.ip-94-23-21.eu Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=none; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gnu.org; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of guix-devel-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=guix-devel-bounces@gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -1.51 X-TUID: F8IokDeXLnAH Hi, Tobias Platen skribis: > I've got the wip-ppc branch of Guix compiling unmodified on my Talos II. > Since the POWER9 is backwards compatible with the PowerPC G4, it can run > the existing bootstrap binaries for powerpc-linux. The binaries from > http://flashner.co.il/guix/bootstrap/powerpc-linux/ have been verified > working on my Talos II. I also plan to setup a mirror of those binaries. > > [user@staticvoid guix]$ arch > ppc64 > [user@staticvoid guix]$ ps -A | grep guix > 1104 pts/1 00:00:00 guix-daemon > [user@staticvoid guix]$ ./pre-inst-env guix build hello > guix build: error: could not find bootstrap binary 'tar' for system 'powe= rpc64-linux' To address that, you can hack =E2=80=98bootstrap-executable=E2=80=99 in gnu/packages/bootstrap.scm so that it uses =E2=80=9Cpowerpc-linux=E2=80=9D = when it=E2=80=99s on =E2=80=9Cpowerpc64-linux=E2=80=9D (similar to what=E2=80=99s done for x86_6= 4-linux). HTH! Ludo=E2=80=99.