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Stephen P. Becker wrote: |
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>> That's exactly why i don't like the idea of merging keywords: You |
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>> loose the ~arch state. |
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> We weren't talking about ~arch, we were talking about -arch. |
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I'm talking about ~arch. And it's a fact that ~arch would get lost, so the |
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scenario i mentioned isn't covered. |
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>> Also, you can't compare sparc32/sparc64 to x86/amd64: sparc64 is just |
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>> a 64bit kernel with a 32bit userland. For users who want that, there |
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>> is already a keyword: x86. |
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> Wrong again. On mips, we have 64-bit kernels with *three* different |
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> possible userlands, n64, n32, and o32, and we do just fine (although as |
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> of right now, we haven't bothered to make any n64 stages since they |
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> would run slower than n32 and o32 on all of our supported hardware). |
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Where did you read the word 'mips' in my sentence above? Please, if this is just |
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to make your boring evenings a bit more fun, try assing someone else. |
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Thanks in advance, |
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Simon Stelling |
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Gentoo/AMD64 Operational Co-Lead |
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blubb@g.o |
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