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On Friday, September 16, 2011 11:06:25 Markos Chandras wrote: |
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> On 09/16/11 10:58, Stratos Psomadakis wrote: |
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> > On 09/16/2011 10:48 AM, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> >> On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:35:55 -0400 Mike Frysinger wrote: |
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> >>>> PS why not merge all x86 abis into one keyword? because |
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> >>>> x86_32 x86_64 x86_x32 are only abis of x86. Also we dont have |
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> >>>> different keywords for different mips abis (64bit and 32bit |
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> >>>> ones) |
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> >>> |
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> >>> that'd be nice :) |
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> >> |
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> >> Seems even acceptable. Not sane but acceptable. People tend to |
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> >> keyword packages both '~amd64 ~x86' testing them on amd64 only; |
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> >> amd64 users tend to get sad when someone keyworded a package |
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> >> '~x86' only. |
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> >> |
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> >> On the other hand, it'd be good to have ABI sub-keywords then. |
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> >> Something like 'x86:x86 -*' if a package is actually x86-only. |
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> > I guess there are only a few cases where a package should be |
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> > keyworded for eg x86, but not for amd64, so these few cases can be |
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> > handled by p.masks, right? |
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> > |
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> > So, we can have a single x86 keyword, and a single x86 'parent' |
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> > profile, and subprofiles for x86(or x86_32), amd64, and x32. |
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> > I guess it's not that simple, but I think that's how the mips |
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> > profiles work? |
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> I am a bit confused by your proposal. Do you suggest to drop 'amd64' |
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> and use x86(parent)/amd64(subprofile)(for x86_64) instead? |
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that would be ideal, and drop "amd64" in the process: x86/x86_64/ |
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-mike |