source: final-system/ppc/powerpc-utils.xml@ 54f43c8

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  <title>Powerpc-Utils_&powerpcutils-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="ch-system-powerpc-utils">
    <primary sortas="a-Powerpc-Utils">Powerpc-Utils</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title/>

    <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>
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  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Powerpc-Utils</title>

    <para>This package, originally pmac-utils, has issues with NewWorld macintoshes.
    The following debian patch fixes these issues and generally updates the package,
    although it also introduces a bogus warning to update the kernel headers.</para>

<screen><userinput>zcat ../&powerpcutils-patch; | patch -p1</userinput></screen>

    <para>Compile the useful programs:</para>

<screen><userinput>make nvsetenv nvsetvol</userinput></screen>

    <para>Install the package:</para>

<screen><userinput>install -m755 nvsetenv nvsetvol /usr/sbin
install -m644 nvsetvol.8 /usr/share/man/man8</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 id="contents-powerpc-utils" role="content">
    <title>Contents of Powerpc-Utils</title>

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      <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>

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        <seg>nvsetenv, nvsetvol</seg>
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      <varlistentry id="nvsetenv">
        <term><command>nvsetenv</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Manipulate variables in the non-volatile RAM.</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-powerpc-utils nvsetenv">
            <primary sortas="b-nvsetenv">nvsetenv</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="nvsetvol">
        <term><command>nvsetvol</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Adjust the volume of the boot-up chime on Macintoshes.</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-powerpc-utils nvsetvol">
            <primary sortas="b-nvsetvol">nvsetvol</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
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