Re: Bootstrap Tarballs for alpha-linux Targets

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hello Vincent,

Vincent Weisner <address@hidden> skribis:

> On Aug 10, 2018, at 05:10 AM, Vincent Weisner <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>  I have cross-compiled the GNU Guix bootstrap tarballs for DEC Alpha systems 
> running GNU/Linux. I don't own an Alpha system, so I didn't get to test them.
>  The SHA256 Checksum for the uploaded files are:
>  53d990843c2c64f6593d0ae8262dca758910da6783b3949ef54677a87c3c5cd8 - 
> binutils-static-stripped-2.28-alpha-linux-gnu.tar.xz
>  2ab011049b50f4ce04952e3fab7c6020da71e13b454cceb75f6fbd774b8973d2 - 
> gcc-stripped-5.4.0-alpha-linux-gnu.tar.xz
>  6c36b8179fee99e942b7bdf49e523d4f46aa23cbbd9bc818364239fc67b3fe6c - 
> glibc-stripped-2.25-alpha-linux-gnu.tar.xz
>  8668d3943ab2045a061f442954964fcb07fed2136edb08ecf9ef561ddb120ddf - 
> guile-static-stripped-2.2.2-alpha-linux-gnu.tar.xz
>  7c1cdc3b63794315040d77b4d019793444b9496b9843bc87d2ed70dc0435731b - 
> static-binaries-0-alpha-linux-gnu.tar.xz
>
>  I will upload the bootstrap GCC tarball in a reply as I maxed out my 
> attachment space.

Nice!  Did cross-compilation work without any additional patches?
Do you have hardware to run it on?

Since Alpha CPUs are (unfortunately) no longer produced, I would rather
not include the Alpha port in Guix proper.  You would have to maintain
your own branch of Guix if you plan to use it regularly.

Thanks,
Ludo’.