We're about to get an IBM p-series machine here for evaluation. We run Debian on our other servers, and it would be nice to stay standardized on one distribution. I'm perfectly happy compiling my own kernels and even my own toolchain. But I'm wondering if Debian has any packages that support the 64 bit powerpc environment. Specifically, if there are 64 bit glibc packages, that would be great, and toolchain packages would be nice as well.
If there aren't glibc packages, how difficult is it to replace Debian's glibc with another one? Or can I drop in a 64 bit glibc just for the 64 bit packages? Can 64 bit libs mix with 32 bit ones, or am I going to have to recompile the rest of the libraries I care about myself also? I guess this will be a more widespread issue once linux runs on powermac G5's, which at least gives me hope that people have been thinking about this. :-) Thanks, Daniel Eisenbud -- Daniel E. Eisenbud [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computational Biology Center Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
