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Moose On The Loose wrote:I noticed that there appears to be others making stuff so perhaps someone can do some of the testing for me.
I got the latest GCC-10-20200202 to compile with a few manual edits.
It isn't pretty but I think it is good enough to start to use.
I have made a SFS that you can load instead of the usual "dev" SFS.
It has compiled a few things at this point and they work.
I have it uploading to my google drive as I type this.
[... waiting 12 minutes for it to finish ...]

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1sKTs ... TBe6LSLa-

s243a wrote:
Here is my ~/.pkg/pkgrc file:

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WORKDIR=/root/pkg
REPONAME=precise-main
EX=deb
REPOFILE=Packages-ubuntu-precise-main
REPOURL1=http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
REPOURL2=http://ftp.filearena.net/pub/ubuntu/
REPOURL3=
REPOURL4=
PKGSEARCH="list_pkg_names"
PKGSEARCHEXACT="pkg -ne"
DEPSEARCH="list_all_pkg_names"
DEPSEARCHEXACT="pkg -nea"
REPOFALLBACKS="noarch jessie-tor-main precise-multiverse precise-universe precise-restricted precise-security-main precise-security-multiverse precise-security-universe precise-security-restricted precise-updates-main precise-updates-universe precise-updates-multiverse precise-updates-restricted precise-backports-main precise-backports-universe precise-backports-multiverse precise-proposed-universe "
PKGSCOPE="one"
DEPSCOPE="all"
BLEDGE="no"
RDCHECK="yes"
AUTOCLEAN="no"
BUILDTOOL=petbuild

Notice the long list of fallback repos. I'm not sure what issues using so many repos might present. Something interesting though is the following:

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sandbox# /usr/sbin/pkg --names-all firefox_
firefox_11.0+build1-0ubuntu4
firefox_52.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

also

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cd /var/packages
grep -rn . -e 'firefox_52' | cut -d '|' -f1
./Packages-ubuntu-precise-security-main:245:firefox_52.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
./Packages-ubuntu-precise-updates-main:386:firefox_52.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

So it looks like version 52 of firefox is available in the repos precise-security-main and also in precise-updates-main. I might give installing this a try. Note that I did the above commands in a sandbox. I tested booting with my adrv yesterday. pkg wasn't working even though it was on the adrv. Tonight I realized the problem is that the following files from my adrv:

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/root/.pkg/sources
/root/.pkg/sources-all
/root/.pkg/pkgrc

appear to be different than what is on my adrv after the first run of pkg. I'm guessing pkg thinks that I'm doing a new install and overwrites these files. The solution is to replace these files with those found on my adrv. Note that the last file can be generated from the previous two by doing the command:

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pkg --repo precise-main

I have "precise-main" set as the default repo because I suspect that it will likely have the greatest compatibility. PKG has an environmental variable called "BLEDGE" (for bleeding-edge) that will install the newest version of the pkg from all installed repos (verify?). I haven't tested this feature.

Anyway, I'll test pkg more on precise light and also see if I can figure out why these config files are overwritten on first run.

Another oddity, with my adrv is when I boot it the prompt says "sandbox"

Notes
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1 - the version of pkg I installed on the adrv is a fork that is part of Merge Request #72.

Edit: I created a new version of my adrv
adrv_precise_light-5.7.2.sfs(not tested yet). I was installing the portable browser in a sandbox and it complained about the architecture being 64bits. This is because the sandbox was being run in a 64bit system. I think the solution to this is to create a wrapper function for uname.
, with libc6 blacklisted and possibly the portable browser installer included.

Edit 2: I figured out why the prompt says sandbox. See post.

pkg --repo precise-updates
pkg --get firefox_52.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

s243a wrote:

Moose On The Loose wrote:I noticed that there appears to be others making stuff so perhaps someone can do some of the testing for me.
I got the latest GCC-10-20200202 to compile with a few manual edits.
It isn't pretty but I think it is good enough to start to use.
I have made a SFS that you can load instead of the usual "dev" SFS.
It has compiled a few things at this point and they work.
I have it uploading to my google drive as I type this.
[... waiting 12 minutes for it to finish ...]

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1sKTs ... TBe6LSLa-

Does it have the glibc headers to match the version of glibc that JRB is using?

theeastsun wrote:how to install a wifi modem

s243a wrote: I was able to install firefox_52.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 with precise light running in a sandbox (using psandbox), over an ssh connection using pkg. I tested that firefox would start up properly using X11 forwarding but I didn't test it further.

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pkg --repo precise-updates
pkg --get firefox_52.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

For instructions on how to run a puppy in a sandbox over ssh see: SSH/sandbox/chroot folder

I tried rebooting with my save file and I got a kernal syncing error after selecting the save file. I think that perhaps I have to delete some files from my save folder. I think that puppies remaster script will give me clues on which files to delete.

P.S. I might re-consider the fallback order for precise-updates. I'm wondering if for precise-updates if the newer repos (e.g. precise-backports) should be checked first. Needless to say installing firefox worked with the current fallback order .

P.S. #2 The command "pkg --repo precise-updates" changes the ~/.pkg/pkgrc file to match the info about precise-updates.

s243a wrote:I can verify that firefox 52 is working.

nic007 wrote:Where can I download the small glibc2.20 package that is built into Precise Lite?

theeastsun wrote:sorry,where can i download the latest firefox pet for precise light,thanks

wget --no-check-certificate "https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/3rn1a4e4scmfdyv/ff32-additions.tar.gz?dl=1" -O ff32-additions.tar.gz

jrb wrote:Put the original precise-light-5.7.2-mk2.0.iso file and the precise-light-5.7.2-mk2.0.iso___precise-light-5.7.2-mk2.3.iso.delta file in the same directory.
Click once on the .delta file and then click "Generate" and its a done deal.

• All the previous fixes
  ca-certificates updated (eliminates need for --no-check-certificate)
  pmusic radio stations screened to include only ones that work (.mp3 $ .m3u)
  Flash Player Updater 1.9_1 working
  PortaBrowseInstall included with these latest browsers working:
  Firefox ESR
  Firefox Quantum
  Vivaldi
  Iron
  Seamonkey
  Palemoon
  Thunderbird

theeastsun wrote:sorry,where can i download the latest flash player for precise light,thanks

theeastsun wrote:jrb wrote:
Put the original precise-light-5.7.2-mk2.0.iso file and the precise-light-5.7.2-mk2.0.iso___precise-light-5.7.2-mk2.3.iso.delta file in the same directory.
Click once on the .delta file and then click "Generate" and its a done deal.


I installed via USB but failed:

could not find kernel image: vesamenu.c32

help me,thanks

• initrd.gz
  puppy_precise_light-5.7.2.sfs
  vmlinuz
  zdrv_precise_light-5.7.2.sfs
  menu.lst

title 0_puptest2
  uuid 68ec550b-e5ce-477b-a83f-d275f32dfe74
  kernel /0_puptest2/vmlinuz net.ifnames=0 pdrv=68ec550b-e5ce-477b-a83f-d275f32dfe74 pmedia=ataflash psubdir=/0_puptest2 pfix=fsck
  initrd /0_puptest2/initrd.gz