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Patrick McLean posted <438CA7BF.9000200@××××××××××.ca>, excerpted below, |
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on Tue, 29 Nov 2005 14:10:55 -0500: |
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>> That's possible. I'm talking about the use tests seen in ebuilds, ie |
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>> "if use x86; then" type tests. If you can say definitively that these |
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>> use CHOST not keywords, then I'll take your word for it, but I always |
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>> though it tested keywords (particularly since amd64 would be x86_64 |
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>> CHOST, right? unless the use macro does the conversion from |
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>> common/gentoo-speak to chost-speak internally?) but I could certainly be |
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>> incorrect as it's not something I've specifically traced. |
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> The tests use the ARCH variable, which is defined in the profile. They |
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> most certainly do not use the KEYWORDS or attempt to do any magic on the |
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> CHOST definitions. |
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Cool! Now I know. Inaccuracy in worldview corrected. Thanks! |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman in |
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http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/12/22/rms_interview.html |
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