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From: Markos Chandras <hwoarang@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] x32 fun pants
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 15:09:33
Message-Id: 4E7365F1.1070702@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] x32 fun pants by Stratos Psomadakis
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4 On 09/16/11 10:58, Stratos Psomadakis wrote:
5 > On 09/16/2011 10:48 AM, Michał Górny wrote:
6 >> On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:35:55 -0400 Mike Frysinger
7 >> <vapier@g.o> wrote:
8 >>
9 >>>> PS why not merge all x86 abis into one keyword? because
10 >>>> x86_32 x86_64 x86_x32 are only abis of x86. Also we dont have
11 >>>> different keywords for different mips abis (64bit and 32bit
12 >>>> ones)
13 >>> that'd be nice :)
14 >> Seems even acceptable. Not sane but acceptable. People tend to
15 >> keyword packages both '~amd64 ~x86' testing them on amd64 only;
16 >> amd64 users tend to get sad when someone keyworded a package
17 >> '~x86' only.
18 >>
19 >> On the other hand, it'd be good to have ABI sub-keywords then.
20 >> Something like 'x86:x86 -*' if a package is actually x86-only.
21 >>
22 > I guess there are only a few cases where a package should be
23 > keyworded for eg x86, but not for amd64, so these few cases can be
24 > handled by p.masks, right?
25 >
26 > So, we can have a single x86 keyword, and a single x86 'parent'
27 > profile, and subprofiles for x86(or x86_32), amd64, and x32.
28 >
29 > I guess it's not that simple, but I think that's how the mips
30 > profiles work?
31 >
32 I am a bit confused by your proposal. Do you suggest to drop 'amd64'
33 and use x86(parent)/amd64(subprofile)(for x86_64) instead?
34
35 - --
36 Regards,
37 Markos Chandras / Gentoo Linux Developer / Key ID: B4AFF2C2
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Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-dev] x32 fun pants Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] x32 fun pants Stratos Psomadakis <psomas@g.o>