%general-entities; ]> Powerpc-Utils_&powerpcutils-version; Powerpc-Utils <!--- this starts with a straight copy of the ppc version, we can replace the duplicate text with links after the build works --> <para>The Powerpc-Utils package contains a number of utilities for Power Macintoshes and other similar machines. Most of these utilities are now obsolete, but <command>nvsetenv</command> is needed by <command>ybin</command> to install the bootloader on an hfs partition.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle> <seglistitem> <seg>GCC, Gzip, Make, and Patch</seg> </seglistitem> </segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Powerpc-Utils There is a question mark hanging over this package - until we can get the bootloader to work, we cannot be certain if any of the issues are in fact within this package's build. This package, originally pmac-utils, has issues with NewWorld Macintoshes. The following patch fixes these issues and generally allows us to pass the required flags to the compiler: patch -Np1 -i ../&powerpcutils64-patch; Compile the needed programs: EXTRACFLAGS="${BUILD32}" make nvsetenv nvsetvol Install the package: install -m755 nvsetenv nvsetvol /usr/sbin install -m644 nvsetenv.8 nvsetvol.8 /usr/share/man/man8 Contents of Powerpc-Utils Installed programs nvsetenv, nvsetvol Short Descriptions nvsetenv Manipulate variables in the non-volatile RAM. nvsetenv nvsetvol Adjust the volume of the boot-up chime on Macintoshes. nvsetvol