repository of pre-compiled packages for powerpc?

[Bill Sorenson]

As of now I don't think there is an official repository for anything not
arm or x86 or x64. I've toyed with the idea of setting up a PPC build
machine for an unofficial repo, haven't gotten around to it.

-Bill
On Feb 9, 2015 3:57 PM, "Rick Thomas" <rbthomas at pobox.com> wrote:

>
> I’ve installed FreeBSD 10.1 RELEASE on a PowerMac G4 Quicksilver.  It
> seems to work reasonably well, but the pkg command seems to have a problem
> finding its repositories…   Am I doing something wrong?
>
> > [root at grey ~]# pkg search port
> > pkg: Repository FreeBSD missing. 'pkg update' required
> > pkg: http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:10:powerpc/latest/meta.txz: Not
> Found
> > pkg: http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:10:powerpc/latest/packagesite.txz:
> Not Found
> > pkg: Repository FreeBSD cannot be opened. 'pkg update' required
>
> > [root at grey ~]# env
> > HOST=grey.rcthomas.org
> > SHELL=/bin/csh
> > TERM=xterm-256color
> > GROUP=wheel
> > USER=root
> > HOSTTYPE=FreeBSD
> > PAGER=more
> >
> PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/root/bin
> > MAIL=/var/mail/root
> > BLOCKSIZE=K
> > PWD=/root
> > EDITOR=vi
> > SHLVL=2
> > HOME=/root
> > OSTYPE=FreeBSD
> > VENDOR=motorola
> > LOGNAME=root
> > MACHTYPE=powerpc
>
>
> Compiling ports takes *lots* of time on this decade old machine (700MHz,
> single core, 1GB RAM) — not fun!
>
> Thanks!
> Rick
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