Linux on VAX - Dead ?

[babydr DBA James W. Laferriere]

 	Hello Maciej ,

On Sun, 8 Jan 2023, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
> On Sun, 8 Jan 2023, babydr DBA James W. Laferriere wrote:
>
>> 	Hello All ,  Having not seen any correspondence on the list in the
>> last
>> year .  Is VAX-Linux finally dead ?
>
> Well, no progress has been made in a long time now, so pretty much I
> think so.
>
> Most importantly the VAX GCC port has been saved from being axed however:
> <https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc-patches/2020-November/559698.html>, so
> work can resume at any time should there be volunteers.  I mean to look
> after GCC, including in particular the much required LRA transition:
> <https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/LRAIsDefault>, but otherwise I can't promise any
> further commitment.
 	Thank You for your working on this .  Even if it is all that ever gets 
accomplished and hopefully maintained .  I & Many others should be or are very 
grateful .

>>  	Fmi ,  Is there a archive of the code ,  with the latest code changes
>> ,
>> where I can at least locally archive it ?
>
> I have a copy of the kernel repo somewhere and patches I have been
> working on.  This is all 2.6.x, so ~20 years old stuff.
 	If there's a url or someway of acquiring these very items I'd grab them 
& get them into backups & a home .  Maybe even on a .git site or sume such .

> There's some
> userland stuff too, most notably a GNU C library port, and that's still
> there at: <ftp://ftp.linux-mips.org/pub/linux/mips/people/macro/SRPMS/>
> (you need to filter the relevant pieces), which I don't know how long is
> going to be up.
> Sorry to (perhaps) disappoint you.
>  Maciej

 	The below are some the more recent source files I grabbed from there 
last May .
 	If there are any newer ones there I'll grab those too .
 	Thank You ,  Again ...

vax-linux-XFree86-3.3.6-9.src.txz
vax-linux-binutils-2.23.2-1.src.txz
vax-linux-boot-gcc-4.1.2-22.src.txz
vax-linux-boot-glibc-headers-2.4-7.src.txz
vax-linux-bzip2-1.0.2-5.src.txz
vax-linux-cracklib-2.7-11.src.txz
vax-linux-db-3.0.55-9.src.txz
vax-linux-dnprogs-2.29-1.src.txz
vax-linux-e2fsprogs-1.41.0-1.src.txz
vax-linux-expat-2.0.1-1.src.txz
vax-linux-flex-2.5.31-4.src.txz
vax-linux-freetype-2.1.9-2.src.txz
vax-linux-gcc-4.1.2-26.src.txz
vax-linux-gd-2.0.15-4.src.txz
vax-linux-gdb-6.8-2.src.txz
vax-linux-glib-1.2.10-7.src.txz
vax-linux-glibc-2.4-19.src.txz
vax-linux-gmp-4.3.1-2.src.txz
vax-linux-gpm-1.20.1-6.src.txz
vax-linux-gtk+-1.2.10-5.src.txz
vax-linux-jpeg-6b-18.src.txz
vax-linux-libpng-1.2.5-4.src.txz
vax-linux-mpfr-2.4.1-2.src.txz
vax-linux-ncurses-5.4-4.src.txz
vax-linux-netpbm-10.14-3.src.txz
vax-linux-pam-0.79-5.src.txz
vax-linux-popt-1.5.1-4.src.txz
vax-linux-pwdb-0.60-6.src.txz
vax-linux-pwdb-0.60-7.src.txz
vax-linux-readline-5.2-1.src.txz
vax-linux-tiff-3.5.7-3.src.txz
vax-linux-urt-3.1b-6.src.txz
vax-linux-uudeview-0.5.18-3.src.txz
vax-linux-xpm-3.4k-4.src.txz
vax-linux-zlib-1.2.3-1.src.txz

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