Progress - was - Project suspended

Please don't shut down yet! I've been working independently on a slackware-for-sparc distro. I have nearly a complete set of packages ready. I wanted to finish and get an iso made before publicising anything... I did not name it splack, because I was unsure of the direction splack was moving, but future releases can be labeled Splack. I'd like to see this continue. Regardless of what happens, I plan to:
1. Make a working 10.2 iso
2. Catch up to the latest set of packages released for 10.2
3. Make a working 11.0 iso. (Here would be where to rebrand)
4. Catch up to the latest set of packages released for 11.0
etc.

Please contact me and let me know if any of that will be useful to you.
-Greg

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Here is a list of what I have completed.
I am still building things however.
Also note that there are some extra packages included that are no longer distributed with official Slack10.2. I only have those packages installed as they are necessary to build some other packages.

-GregL

aalib-1.4rc5-sparc-1
alsa-lib-1.0.9-sparc-1
alsa-oss-1.0.9-sparc-1
apache-1.3.33-sparc-1
arts-1.4.2-sparc-1
ash-0.4.0-sparc-1
aspell-0.60.2-sparc-1
atk-1.9.1-sparc-1
audiofile-0.2.6-sparc-1
autofs-3.1.7-sparc-1
bash-3.0-sparc-3
bc-1.06-sparc-2
beecrypt-3.1.0-sparc-1
bin-10.2-sparc-1
bind-9.3.1-sparc-1
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-sparc-3
bison-1.35-sparc-1
*censored*x-1.1-sparc-2
blackbox-0.65.0-sparc-1
bootp-2.4.3-sparc-1
bpe-2.01.00-sparc-1
bsd-games-2.13-sparc-6
byacc-1.9-sparc-1
bzip2-1.0.3-sparc-1
ccache-2.4-sparc-1
cdparanoia-IIIalpha9.8-sparc-1
cdrtools-2.01-sparc-1
clisp-2.35-sparc-1
coreutils-5.2.1-sparc-1a
cpio-2.5-sparc-1
cscope-15.5-sparc-2
cups-1.1.23-sparc-1
curl-7.12.2-sparc-1
cvs-1.11.20-sparc-1
cyrus-sasl-2.1.21-sparc-1
db3-3.3.11-sparc-4
db31-3.1.17-sparc-1
db4-4.2.52-sparc-2
dcron-2.3.3-sparc-5
dejagnu-1.4.4-sparc-2
dhcp-3.0.3-sparc-1
dhcpcd-1.3.22pl4-sparc-2
diffutils-2.8.1-sparc-1
distcc-2.18.3-sparc-2
dnsmasq-2.23-sparc-1
doxygen-1.4.4-sparc-1
e2fsprogs-1.38-sparc-2
elm-2.5.7-sparc-1
elvis-2.2_0-sparc-2
emacs-21.4a-sparc-2
emacs-nox-21.4a-sparc-2
epic4-2.0-sparc-1
esound-0.2.36-sparc-1
espgs-8.15rc4-sparc-1
expat-1.95.8-sparc-1
expect-5.43.0-sparc-1
fetchmail-6.2.5.2-sparc-1
findutils-4.1.7-sparc-1
flex-2.5.4a-sparc-3
floppy-5.4-sparc-2
fribidi-0.10.5-sparc-1
gawk-3.1.5-sparc-1
gcc-3.3.6-sparc-1a
gcc-g++-3.3.6-sparc-1a
gcc-g77-3.3.6-sparc-1a
gcc-gnat-3.3.6-sparc-1a
gcc-java-3.3.6-sparc-1a
gcc-objc-3.3.6-sparc-1a
gconf-2.6.2-sparc-1
gdb-6.3-sparc-1
gdbm-1.8.3-sparc-3
gdk-pixbuf-0.22.0-sparc-1
gettext-0.14.3-sparc-1
gettext-tools-0.14.3-sparc-1
getty-ps-2.1.0b-sparc-1
gimp-2.2.8-sparc-1
gimp-print-4.2.7-sparc-1
glib-1.2.10-sparc-2
glib2-2.6.6-sparc-1
glibc-2.3.5-sparc-5a
glibc-solibs-2.3.5-sparc-5a
glut-3.7-sparc-1
gmp-4.1.4-sparc-2
gnet-2.0.7-sparc-3
gnome-keyring-0.2.1-sparc-1
gnome-vfs-2.6.1.1-sparc-2
gnupg-1.2.7-sparc-1
gpm-1.19.6-sparc-6
grep-2.5-sparc-2
groff-1.19.1-sparc-3
gtk+-1.2.10-sparc-3
gtk+2-2.6.10-sparc-1
guile-1.6.7-sparc-1
gzip-1.3.3-sparc-2
hfsutils-3.2.6-sparc-3
hpijs-1.7-sparc-1
htdig-3.1.6-sparc-2
imagemagick-6.2.3_3-sparc-1
imapd-4.63-sparc-1
imlib-1.9.15-sparc-1
indent-2.2.9-sparc-1
inetd-1.79s-sparc-7
infozip-5.52-sparc-1
iproute2-2.6.11_050330-sparc-2
iptables-1.3.3-sparc-1
iptraf-2.7.0-sparc-1
irssi-0.8.9-sparc-7
ispell-3.2.06-sparc-1
jfsutils-1.1.8-sparc-1
kdeaccessibility-3.4.2-sparc-1
kdeaddons-3.4.2-sparc-1
kdeadmin-3.4.2-sparc-1
kdeartwork-3.4.2-sparc-2
kdebase-3.4.2-sparc-2
kdebindings-3.4.2-sparc-1
kdeedu-3.4.2-sparc-2
kdegames-3.4.2-sparc-1
kdegraphics-3.4.2-sparc-1
kdelibs-3.4.2-sparc-1
kdemultimedia-3.4.2-sparc-1
kdenetwork-3.4.2-sparc-1
kdepim-3.4.2-sparc-2
kdesdk-3.4.2-sparc-1
kdetoys-3.4.2-sparc-1
kdeutils-3.4.2-sparc-1
kdevelop-3.2.2-sparc-1
kernel-2.4.32-gl070220-sparc-1
kernel-headers-2.4.32-sparc-1
kernel-modules-2.4.32-gl070220-sparc-1
lcms-1.14-sparc-1
less-382-sparc-1
lesstif-0.94.4-sparc-1
lftp-3.2.1-sparc-1
libart_lgpl-2.3.17-sparc-1
libbonobo-2.6.2-sparc-1
libbonoboui-2.6.1-sparc-1
libcaca-0.9-sparc-2
libcroco-0.5.1-sparc-1
libexif-0.6.12-sparc-2
libglade-2.4.2-sparc-1
libgnome-2.6.1.1-sparc-2
libgnomecanvas-2.6.1.1-sparc-1
libgnomeui-2.6.1.1-sparc-1
libgsf-1.12.1-sparc-1
libgtkhtml-2.6.3-sparc-1
libid3tag-0.15.1b-sparc-1
libidl-0.8.5-sparc-1
libidn-0.5.17-sparc-1
libieee1284-0.2.10-sparc-1
libjpeg-6b-sparc-4
libmad-0.15.1b-sparc-1
libmikmod-3.1.11a-sparc-1
libmng-1.0.5-sparc-1
libogg-1.1.2-sparc-1
libpng-1.2.8-sparc-1
librsvg-2.8.1-sparc-1
libtermcap-1.2.3-sparc-1
libtiff-3.7.3-sparc-1
libtool-1.5.20-sparc-1
libungif-4.1.3-sparc-1
libusb-0.1.8-sparc-1
libvorbis-1.1.1-sparc-1
libwmf-0.2.8.3-sparc-1
libwpd-0.8.2-sparc-1
libxml2-2.6.21-sparc-1
libxslt-1.1.15-sparc-1
links-2.1pre18-sparc-1
logrotate-3.6.8-sparc-1
lsof-4.72-sparc-1
lynx-2.8.5rel.1-sparc-2
m4-1.4.2-sparc-1
make-3.80-sparc-1
man-1.5p-sparc-1
mhash-0.9.2-sparc-1
mod_ssl-2.8.24_1.3.33-sparc-1
module-init-tools-3.1-sparc-1
most-4.9.5-sparc-1
mozilla-1.7.11-sparc-2
mpeg_lib-1.3.1-sparc-2
mutt-1.4.2.1i-sparc-1
mysql-4.1.14-sparc-1
nail-11.24-sparc-1
nasm-0.98.38-sparc-1
nc-1.10-sparc-1
ncftp-3.1.9-sparc-1
ncurses-5.4-sparc-2
netatalk-2.0.3-sparc-1
netpbm-10.18.12-sparc-1
netpipes-4.2-sparc-1
newspost-2.1.1-sparc-1
nfs-utils-1.0.7-sparc-1
openssh-4.2p1-sparc-1
openssl-0.9.7g-sparc-1
openssl-solibs-0.9.7g-sparc-1
orbit2-2.10.2-sparc-1
p2c-1.21alpha2-sparc-1
pango-1.8.2-sparc-1
pcre-6.4-sparc-1
perl-5.8.7-sparc-1
php-4.4.0-sparc-4
pilot-link-0.11.8-sparc-2
pine-4.63-sparc-1
pkgconfig-0.15.0-sparc-1
pkgtools-10.2.0-sparc-5
pmake-2.1.35-sparc-2
popt-1.7-sparc-1
portmap-5.0-sparc-1
python-2.4.1-sparc-1
qt-3.3.4-sparc-2
rcs-5.7-sparc-1
readline-4.3-sparc-3
rpm-4.2.1-sparc-3
rsync-2.6.6-sparc-1
samba-3.0.20-sparc-2
sane-1.0.16-sparc-1
screen-4.0.2-sparc-1
sdl-1.2.9-sparc-1
sed-4.0.9-sparc-2
sendmail-8.13.4-sparc-1
sgml-tools-1.0.9-sparc-12
shadow-4.0.3-sparc-11
shared-mime-info-0.16-sparc-1
silo-1.4.13-sparc-2
slacktrack-1.26-sparc-1
slang-1.4.9-sparc-1
slocate-2.7-sparc-3
slrn-0.9.8.1-sparc-1
sparcutils-1.9-sparc-1
startup-notification-0.8-sparc-1
strace-4.5.4-sparc-1
subversion-1.2.3-sparc-1
sysvinit-2.84-sparc-56
t1lib-5.1.0-sparc-1
taglib-1.4-sparc-1
tar-1.15.1-sparc-1
tcl-8.4.11-sparc-1
tclx-8.3.5-sparc-2
tcpdump-3.9.3-sparc-1
tcpip-0.17-sparc-35
tetex-3.0-sparc-1
tetex-doc-3.0-sparc-1
texinfo-4.8-sparc-1
tix-8.1.4-sparc-2
tk-8.4.11-sparc-1
transfig-3.2.4-sparc-1
utempter-1.1.3-sparc-1
util-linux-2.12p-sparc-2
uucp-1.07-sparc-1
vim-6.3.086-sparc-1
wget-1.10.1-sparc-3
whois-4.6.16-sparc-1
wireless-tools-27-sparc-2
wv2-0.2.2-sparc-1
x11-6.8.2-sparc-3
x11-devel-6.8.2-sparc-3
x11-xdmx-6.8.2-sparc-3
x11-xnest-6.8.2-sparc-3
x11-xvfb-6.8.2-sparc-3
xaw3d-1.5-sparc-3
xfig-3.2.3d-sparc-1
xfsprogs-2.6.13-sparc-1
xine-lib-1.0.2-sparc-1
xine-ui-0.99.4-sparc-1
xlockmore-5.18-sparc-1
xmms-1.2.10-sparc-3
xpdf-3.01-sparc-2
xsane-0.97-sparc-1
xscreensaver-4.22-sparc-2
xvim-6.3.086-sparc-1
yptools-2.9-sparc-1
ytalk-3.1.1-sparc-1
zlib-1.2.3-sparc-1
zsh-4.2.5-sparc-1
aaa_base-10.2.0-noarch-2
aspell-en-6.0_0-noarch-3
autoconf-2.59-noarch-1
automake-1.9.5-noarch-1
devs-2.3.1-noarch-22
emacs-info-21.4a-noarch-1
emacs-leim-21.4-noarch-1
emacs-lisp-21.4a-noarch-1
emacs-misc-21.4a-noarch-1
etc-5.1-noarch-10
getmail-4.3.11-noarch-1
gimp-help-2-0.8-noarch-1
glibc-i18n-2.3.5-noarch-5a
glibc-zoneinfo-2.3.5-noarch-5a
gnome-mime-data-2.4.1-noarch-1
libwmf-docs-0.2.8.3-noarch-1
man-pages-1.64-noarch-1
python-demo-2.4.1-noarch-1
python-tools-2.4.1-noarch-1
sendmail-cf-8.13.4-noarch-1
x11-docs-6.8.2-noarch-3
x11-docs-html-6.8.2-noarch-3
x11-fonts-100dpi-6.8.2-noarch-3
x11-fonts-cyrillic-6.8.2-noarch-3
x11-fonts-misc-6.8.2-noarch-3
x11-fonts-scale-6.8.2-noarch-3

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I actually have another solution that should work.
I was planning to scrap the idea of doing the installer from an initrd, and instead:
1. Make an initrd which is very tiny, only containing a small program to ask the user where the cdrom is located. Once that is correctly answered, the installer can continue in the normal slack-style fashion from one of these options (don't know which will work better yet):
2a. essentially the original installer, but from a loopback-mounted filesystem on the cd. I think this can work, but might be sloppy, and require lots of symlinks thrown around. You could do it with 2 mounts (cdrom, and then loopback) and then a pivot_root. I see trouble cleaning up at the end of install.
OR
2b. Have an installer directory on the cd itself. It will take a negligible amount of space. There will also be difficulties here in that I think the original slack installer expects to write to a number of temp files.

-GregL

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