On 17 August 2017 at 17:52, Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost> wrote:
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> Julien Savard <juliensavard17%gmail.com@localhost> writes:
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> > i started to use pkgin on my old sparcstation5. I use the default netbsd
> > repo :
> >
> > ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/sparc/ 7.0/All/
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> That is the best link for now, but it's packages from 2016Q3.
>
> > Thing is, when I compare with, for instance sparc64 architecture, there is
> > a lot less package :
> >
> > ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/ sparc64/7.0/All/
> >
> > It make 462 packages for sparc vs 16325 packages for sparc64. ( FYI amd64
> > has 18143 packages ).
>
> So that's pretty impressive for sparc64.
>
> > Out of curiosity, it is the right place to ask why ?
> > Why the huge gap between the number of package for this architecture ?
>
> Yes. Because except for i386/amd64 and perhaps arm, NetBSD package
> builds are done on a volunteer basis by NetBSD developers with their own
> hardware. (As opposed to i386/amd64, where they are done by volunteers
> on TNF hardware). Many of us have sparcs (non64) in our basements but
> not so many of us have them powered on right now.
As a small aside, NetBSD/sparc runs on sparc64 hardware with a 64 bit
kernel and 32 bit userland, so the fastest NetBSD/sparc package
building box is probably an UltraSparc :)
David