Re: [fpc-pascal] SPARC / Linux

2017-04-03 Thread Nikolay Nikolov
On 03/13/2017 10:10 AM, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: On 13/03/17 06:30, Pierre Free Pascal wrote: Hi Mark, if you mean build a native installer for 32-btsparc-linux, I can tell you want you need to do: I'm used to building it for my own use. I'll take a look at your instructions for versions l

Re: [fpc-pascal] SPARC / Linux

2017-04-03 Thread Tomas Hajny
On Mon, April 3, 2017 11:29, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: > On 13/03/17 09:00, Pierre Free Pascal wrote: . . > When I try to build the entire installation with GDB support I get > > .. > Linking bin/sparc-linux/fp > The installer encountered the following error: > External command > "/usr/loc

Re: [fpc-pascal] SPARC / Linux

2017-04-03 Thread Mark Morgan Lloyd
On 13/03/17 09:00, Pierre Free Pascal wrote: -Message d'origine-> De : fpc-pascal [mailto:fpc-pascal-boun...@lists.freepascal.org] De la> part de Mark Morgan Lloyd> Envoyé : lundi 13 mars 2017 09:11> À : fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org> Objet : Re: [fpc-pascal] SPA

Re: [fpc-pascal] SPARC / Linux

2017-03-31 Thread Mark Morgan Lloyd
On 13/03/17 09:00, Pierre Free Pascal wrote: -Message d'origine-> De : fpc-pascal [mailto:fpc-pascal-boun...@lists.freepascal.org] De la> part de Mark Morgan Lloyd> Envoyé : lundi 13 mars 2017 09:11> À : fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org> Objet : Re: [fpc-pascal] SPA

Re: [fpc-pascal] SPARC / Linux

2017-03-14 Thread Mark Morgan Lloyd
On 13/03/17 09:00, Pierre Free Pascal wrote: -Message d'origine-> De : fpc-pascal [mailto:fpc-pascal-boun...@lists.freepascal.org] De la> part de Mark Morgan Lloyd> Envoyé : lundi 13 mars 2017 09:11> À : fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org> Objet : Re: [fpc-pascal] SPA

Re: [fpc-pascal] SPARC / Linux

2017-03-13 Thread Mark Morgan Lloyd
On 13/03/17 09:00, Pierre Free Pascal wrote: -Message d'origine-> De : fpc-pascal [mailto:fpc-pascal-boun...@lists.freepascal.org] De la> part de Mark Morgan Lloyd> Envoyé : lundi 13 mars 2017 09:11> À : fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org> Objet : Re: [fpc-pascal] SPA

Re: [fpc-pascal] SPARC / Linux

2017-03-13 Thread Pierre Free Pascal
> -Message d'origine- > De : fpc-pascal [mailto:fpc-pascal-boun...@lists.freepascal.org] De la > part de Mark Morgan Lloyd > Envoyé : lundi 13 mars 2017 09:11 > À : fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org > Objet : Re: [fpc-pascal] SPARC / Linux > > On 13/03/17 06

Re: [fpc-pascal] SPARC / Linux

2017-03-13 Thread Mark Morgan Lloyd
On 13/03/17 06:30, Pierre Free Pascal wrote: Hi Mark, if you mean build a native installer for 32-btsparc-linux, I can tell you want you need to do: I'm used to building it for my own use. I'll take a look at your instructions for versions later than 2.6.2, since even getting 2.6.4 or 3.0.0

Re: [fpc-pascal] SPARC / Linux

2017-03-12 Thread Pierre Free Pascal
Hi Mark, if you mean build a native installer for 32-bt sparc-linux, I can tell you want you need to do: - upload fpcbuild-3.0.2.tar.gz source, - unpack it to /dir/to/fpcbuild-3.0.2 - upload the cross installer that I described in this thread ftp://ftp.freepascal.org/pub/fpc/contrib/test-cross-3.

Re: [fpc-pascal] SPARC / Linux

2017-03-12 Thread Mark Morgan Lloyd
On 12/03/17 18:00, Pierre Free Pascal wrote: -Message d'origine-> De : fpc-pascal [mailto:fpc-pascal-boun...@lists.freepascal.org] De la> part de Mark Morgan Lloyd> Envoyé : dimanche 12 mars 2017 11:14> À : fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org> Objet : Re: [fpc-p

Re: [fpc-pascal] SPARC / Linux

2017-03-12 Thread Mark Morgan Lloyd
On 12/03/17 18:30, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: On 2017-03-12 13:04, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote:> I've spoken to people who gave me to understand that SPARC had a bit > more life in it on xBSD than on Linux, and if it's still viable there as > a 32-bit target it might be preferable. Under FreeBSD, SPA

Re: [fpc-pascal] SPARC / Linux

2017-03-12 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 2017-03-12 13:04, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: > I've spoken to people who gave me to understand that SPARC had a bit > more life in it on xBSD than on Linux, and if it's still viable there as > a 32-bit target it might be preferable. Under FreeBSD, SPARC64 seems more supported that 32-bit. There

Re: [fpc-pascal] SPARC / Linux

2017-03-12 Thread Pierre Free Pascal
> -Message d'origine- > De : fpc-pascal [mailto:fpc-pascal-boun...@lists.freepascal.org] De la > part de Mark Morgan Lloyd > Envoyé : dimanche 12 mars 2017 11:14 > À : fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org > Objet : Re: [fpc-pascal] SPARC / Linux > > ANYBODY:

Re: [fpc-pascal] SPARC / Linux

2017-03-12 Thread Mark Morgan Lloyd
On 12/03/17 12:00, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: On 2017-03-11 20:06, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote:> From the architecture side of things, Linux (which in practice means > Debian) is in deep trouble on SPARC. The core problem is that for the One could always try FreeBSD + SPARC too. https://www.fr

Re: [fpc-pascal] SPARC / Linux

2017-03-12 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 2017-03-11 20:06, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: > From the architecture side of things, Linux (which in practice means > Debian) is in deep trouble on SPARC. The core problem is that for the One could always try FreeBSD + SPARC too. https://www.freebsd.org/platforms/sparc.html Regards, G

Re: [fpc-pascal] SPARC / Linux

2017-03-12 Thread Mark Morgan Lloyd
ANYBODY: The SPARC mirror pages have a 3.0.2 MIPS binary on them. On 11/03/17 22:00, Pierre Free Pascal wrote: If you are adventurous,you might want to try the experimental files in:ftp://ftp.freepascal.org/pub/fpc/contrib/test-cross-3.0.2/ it does contain a partial installer for sparc-linux,cr

Re: [fpc-pascal] SPARC / Linux

2017-03-11 Thread tobiasgiesen
Hello, great, I will get my server next week and try it! Cheers, Tobias On Sat, 11 Mar 2017 22:54:20 +0100 "Pierre Free Pascal" wrote: > If you are adventurous, > you might want to try the experimental files in: > ftp://ftp.freepascal.org/pub/fpc/contrib/test-cross-3.0.2/ > > it does cont

Re: [fpc-pascal] SPARC / Linux

2017-03-11 Thread Pierre Free Pascal
If you are adventurous, you might want to try the experimental files in: ftp://ftp.freepascal.org/pub/fpc/contrib/test-cross-3.0.2/ it does contain a partial installer for sparc-linux, cross-compiled on a x86_64-linux machine. The results using qemu-sparc are not that bad, considering the fact th

Re: [fpc-pascal] SPARC / Linux

2017-03-11 Thread tobiasgiesen
Hello, many thanks for the info! So if I explore the UltraSPARC platform, I guess I will stick with the available older binary release of FPC. I think it will be able to compile my software with minimal changes. I wonder if I compile something on an UltraSPARC server, if the compiled program wou

Re: [fpc-pascal] SPARC / Linux

2017-03-11 Thread Mark Morgan Lloyd
On 11/03/17 18:00, tobiasgie...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I noticed there is no binary FPC 3.0.2 Linux release for SPARC. Should it be possible to compile it for SPARC, possibly using the older binary 2.6.2 release? If yes, I am interested in buying a used UltraSPARC system. If it has a DVD-ROM a