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From: Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o>
To: Gentoo Dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Profile-enforced big-endian USE flag
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2017 21:53:07
Message-Id: CAJ0EP41n=r6HGcTG7GEC6XPkSU+_C6BiMqf1EetR8g2xZ+4zfw@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Profile-enforced big-endian USE flag by James Le Cuirot
1 On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 6:44 PM, James Le Cuirot <chewi@g.o> wrote:
2 > I am therefore proposing a new global big-endian flag. This could be
3 > masked by default and unmasked + forced in the relevant profiles under
4 > arch. I will apply this according to the mapping defined in tc-endian of
5 > toolchain-funcs.eclass.
6
7 A possible alternative would be to create a new USE_EXPAND variable
8 for this. That would allow for easier expansion in case we ever
9 support something other than big/little endian machines.

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Profile-enforced big-endian USE flag James Le Cuirot <chewi@g.o>