CRUX PPC
A lightweight GNU/Linux distribution for PowerPC!
Release Notes for CRUX PPC 3.0
Introduction
This page discusses the relevant changes introduced in CRUX PPC 3.0.
CRUX PPC 3.0 is released as two different archives: 32bit and 64bit. The 32bit version is based on a single lib toolchain instead the 64bit one comes with a multilib toolchain. These two versions share the same ports tree.
Everybody upgrading from the previous release is advised to carefully read the following notes.
Toolchain updates
CRUX PPC 3.0 includes glibc 2.16.0, gcc 4.7.3 and binutils 2.23.2 .
Toolchain ships with Graphite support (PPL backend) and also with LTO (Link Time Optimization).
Important changes
Important libraries have been updated to new major versions, which are not ABI compatible with the old versions. We strongly advise against manually updating to CRUX PPC 3.0 via ports.
Miscellaneous notes
We can only provide packages and trees to chroot, no more install media or images.
Anyway, no more desktop support will be provided.