That makes sense, Thanks for taking the time to reply.
On Jun 10, 2012, at 10:06 PM, David Diggles wrote: > While NASM can run on non Intel arch, it can not compile binaries that will > run on > non-Intel arch. If metasploit expects run NASM generated code, then it is not > compatible with powerpc. > > On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 08:45:26PM -0400, Andrew Barnes wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I just recently installed OpenBSD 5.1 on a old PowerMac G4. So far I'm >> really enjoying it. The install went smoothly, all is well. >> >> What I would like to do is have a running copy of Metasploit on this box and >> I'm running into a problem. I know Metasploit exists as a OpenBSD port, when >> I go to the port under /security/metasploit and do a "make install", >> everything has installed thus far except for 'nasm'. I get the error: >> >> # make install >> ===> metasploit-3.5.0p0 depends on: ruby-iconv->=1.8,<1.9 -> >> ruby-iconv-1.8.7.357 >> ===> metasploit-3.5.0p0 depends on: ruby-gems-* -> ruby-gems-1.8.10 >> ===> metasploit-3.5.0p0 depends on: nasm-* - not found >> ===> Verifying install for nasm-* in devel/nasm >> ===> nasm-2.08.01 is only for i386 amd64, not powerpc (macppc) . >> >> Ok, that's fine, there is no *compiled* version of nasm for ppc. So I >> obtained the source code for nasm and compiled it with no issues. Now as you >> see, I have nasm installed: >> >> # nasm -version >> NASM version 2.10.01 compiled on Jun 10 2012 >> # uname -prsv >> OpenBSD 5.1 GENERIC#150 powerpc >> >> And returning back to the Metasploit port tree I run 'make install' again >> only to get the same error indicating that nasm is not installed. >> >> So... how do I inform OpenBSD that I have this installed version and where >> it is? >> >> Any help is appreciated. >> >> >> Thanks, >> Andrew
