openbsd port for sparc64

[Kurt Miller]

Dustin Jordan wrote:
> Hey all,
> I'm glad you are here working on this.  I wonder if there is a port 
> available for OpenBSD sparc64.  If not what can I do to help make this 
> happen?
> 

Hi Dustin,

There isn't a sparc64 port yet. This is mostly due to the lack of
a functional bootstrap method. There are methods to use remote
tools to bootstrap but I've not tried them because that approach
won't integrate with OpenBSD's ports & packages build process.

My longer term goal has been to get gcj working well enough
on OpenBSD to use IcedTea's bootstrap/build approach. I have
made progress with some of the prerequisites for gcj like
threaded boehm-gc and gcc4 pre-compiled headers support,
but there is still quite a bit more to do.

Of course you can work on sparc64 support and it would be
much appreciated. Just be aware that it will be awhile
before it could be bootstrap and built easily by regular
users.

Regards,
-Kurt