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From: Fabian Groffen <grobian@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Keyword amd64 -> x86_64
Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 07:56:54
Message-Id: 20080229075644.GI16120@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Keyword amd64 -> x86_64 by Ben de Groot
1 On 29-02-2008 08:12:34 +0100, Ben de Groot wrote:
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5 > Bernd Steinhauser wrote:
6 > |> Though, if for instance amd64-fbsd would be introduced,
7 > | Will that happen? (Asking because I might be interested in testing such
8 > | a setup.)
9 >
10 > I would be interested as well, especially if based on FreeBSD-7.
11
12 That already happened, but probably not in the way you're looking for.
13
14 > | Wouldn't it be more clean if it is amd64 just like the Linux one?
15 > | Because the arch basically is the same. I think that
16 > | amd64(-linux) -- x86_64-fbsd
17 > | x86(-linux) -- x86-fbsd
18 > |
19 > | would be more confusing than
20 > | amd64(-linux) -- amd64-fbsd
21 > | x86(-linux) -- x86-fbsd
22 >
23 > I agree, and vote for consistency as well.
24
25 Yes, but as mentioned before, my problem is that amd64-macos really
26 doesn't make any sense to me.
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29 Fabian Groffen
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[gentoo-dev] Re: Keyword amd64 -> x86_64 Steve Long <slong@××××××××××××××××××.uk>